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31 Meadow Way, Orpington, BR6 8LN

26/00956/TCANotification of proposed works to trees in a conservation areaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 8 April 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Mature Birch tree in front garden - Light crown reduction of approximately 0.5m from the outer growth on all sides, together with minor shaping to maintain a neat, rounded form.

Received
10 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Farnborough & Crofton
  1. Received10 Mar
  2. Validated10 Mar
  3. Consult.1 Apr
  4. Target1 Apr
  5. Decided8 Apr

Decided in 29 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 31 MEADOW WAY, ORPINGTON, BR6 8LN. 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 Farnborough Park conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 192 applications across Farnborough & Crofton. We hold 4,114 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 8LN
Application type
Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 March 2026
Consultation expiry
1 April 2026
Consultation end
1 April 2026
Target decision date
1 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
22 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
613848
Documents
2

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: Farnborough Park
  • 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.

Source: Bromley

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

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