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Downe Primary School, High Elms Road, Downe, Orpington, BR6 7JN

26/02237/TCANotification of proposed works to trees in a conservation areaApproved
Prior approval

Approved

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

NT11, Sycamore - Reduce faulted limbs/stems by 5m. Remove faulted branch/limbs, extensive missing bark and associated surface decay. 4278, Norway Maple - Reduce crown by 4m, weak main fork union, with included bark, at 2m and extensive squirrel damage to major limbs. 4974, Cherry - Reduce faulted limbs/stems by 3m, weak fork union at 3.5m. NT3, Horse Chestnut - Reduce eastern side of crown by 4m, Very large eastern, lateral limbs overhanging prefabricated classroom. 4271, Himalayan Tree-Cotoneaster - Reduce height by 2m and eastern side of crown by 3m. 4274, Black Elder - Reduce crown by 2.5m, heavy bias/weighting northeast.

Received
3 June 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Darwin
  1. Received3 Jun
  2. Validated3 Jun
  3. Consult.29 Jun
  4. Target29 Jun
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a tree application at DOWNE PRIMARY SCHOOL, HIGH ELMS ROAD, DOWNE, ORPINGTON, BR6 7JN. Bromley has handled 2,348 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 3 June 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Downe conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 87 applications across Darwin. 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 7JN
Application type
Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 June 2026
Consultation expiry
29 June 2026
Consultation end
29 June 2026

Planning decision

Decision
APPROVED
Statutory period
26 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14981081
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+1 more
  • 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

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

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