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The Rectory, Skibbs Lane, Orpington, BR6 7RH

25/05339/TCANotification of proposed works to trees in a conservation areaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 16 December 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 Lime tree pollard adjacent to the rear left boundary - Cut & remove the partially failed branch resting on the Church office roof. T2 Dead Birch tree near to the rear left corner of the rear garden - Fell to near ground level. G3 Group of various mature trees adjacent to the front right corner of the Rectory - Prune where required to 'free-up' the adjacent telephone wire to the rectory. G4. 2no. Mature Birch trees adjacent to the front roadside boundary - Lift the crowns of both trees over the highway to at approximately 6m. Lift the low crown over the driveway & parking area to approximately 4m. Remove the dead branch over the highway. Prune where required to 'free-up' the adjacent telephone wires. T5 Mid-mature Ash tree adjacent to the front roadside boundary - Dismantle in sections to near ground level

Received
17 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chelsfield
  1. Received17 Nov
  2. Validated17 Nov
  3. Consult.9 Dec
  4. Target9 Dec
  5. Decided16 Dec

Decided in 29 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at THE RECTORY, SKIBBS LANE, ORPINGTON, BR6 7RH. Bromley has handled 2,348 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 4 weeks quicker than Bromley's typical decision time. The site is in the Chelsfield conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 127 applications across Chelsfield. We hold 4,117 applications in total for the BR6 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
BR6 7RH
Application type
Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 November 2025
Consultation expiry
9 December 2025
Consultation end
9 December 2025
Target decision date
9 December 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
22 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14492310
Documents
3

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: Chelsfield
  • Green belt: Bromley
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

Source: Bromley

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