Land east of Cottonwood Close, Orpington, BR6 7FG
Approved on 31 July 2026
Council decision: GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
T2 Dead English Elm (tag 198) - Fell to ground level. T11 Ash (tag 197) - Fell. T57 Sycamore (tag 1120) - Cut back from adjacent building. T68 Silver Birch (tag 1137) - Remove deadwood. Reduce crown height by 2m. Reduce crown spread by 1m. T28 Oak (tag 1091) - Laterally crown reduce by up to 1.5m in all aspects blending into the upper crown. No reduction in height. T29 Oak (tag 1092) - Laterally crown reduce by up to 3m on the west side and by up to 1.5m on the N and S aspects near to the previous points and remove deadwood to leave a more balanced crown profile. No reduction in height. T7 & T8 Oaks - Laterally cut back eastern aspect overhang to parking spaces by up to 3m to remove any future conflict with the parking bays, blending into upper crown. No reduction in height. Current branch length 7m finished branch length 4m. SUBJECT TO TPO 799 (17.7.1992)
- Received
- 11 June 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Bromley
- Ward
- Farnborough & Crofton
- ReceivedReceived11 Jun
- ValidatedValidated11 Jun
- Consult.Consultation9 Jul
- TargetTarget Date9 Jul
- DecidedDecided31 Jul
Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Land east of Cottonwood Close, Orpington, BR6 7FG. Bromley has handled 2,348 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Bromley's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 197 applications across Farnborough & Crofton. 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 7FG
- Application type
- Consent under Tree Preservation Orders
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 June 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 9 July 2026
- Consultation end
- 9 July 2026
- Target decision date
- 9 July 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 28 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-15004824
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (22)
flood storage areas, conservation 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
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