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19 Cator Road, Sydenham, London, SE26 5DT

25/05268/TCANotification of proposed works to trees in a conservation areaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 12 December 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

T1 Hawthorn on front boundary - Fell to ground level. T2 Plum on rear right boundary - Remove snapped limb. Remove major and significant deadwood over 25mm diameter plus any broken/hanging branches. Remove Ivy. T3 Lime on rear right boundary - Crown lift to 5m (clients side). T4 Pear on rear right boundary - Fell to ground level. T5 Oak on rear left boundary (neighbours) - Reduce lower branches to provide clearance of approximately 5m from ground level. (clients side). T1 Apple on rear left boundary - Reduce to a more compact shape by reducing upright growth.

Received
12 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Penge & Cator
  1. Received12 Nov
  2. Validated12 Nov
  3. Consult.4 Dec
  4. Target4 Dec
  5. Decided12 Dec

Decided in 30 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 19 CATOR ROAD, SYDENHAM, LONDON, SE26 5DT. Bromley has handled 2,348 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 4 weeks quicker than Bromley's typical decision time. The site is in the Cator Road, Sydenham conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 123 applications across Penge & Cator. We hold 2,165 applications in total for the SE26 postcode area.

93% of trees applications at London Borough of Bromley were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SE26 5DT
Application type
Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 November 2025
Consultation expiry
4 December 2025
Consultation end
4 December 2025
Target decision date
4 December 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
22 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14483841
Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Cator Road, Sydenham
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2020
    10 Jul

    T1 & T2- Weeping Ash trees - Fell both trees.

    ApprovedTrees in Conservation Areas20/02376/TREE

Source: Bromley

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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