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Thistledown, Wood Way, Orpington, BR6 8LS

26/03087/TCANotification of proposed works to trees in a conservation areaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 24 August 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Hawthorns on rear boundary (Group 1) – Remove dead and dying trees. Goat Willow (Group 2) – Remove. Pear trees (T4 and T5) – Remove. Bay (B1) - Remove. Oak (T1) - Crown lift by up to 3m. Remove dead wood. Prune to suitable growth points where required. Box Elder (T2) - Crown reduce by up to 1m in height and radial spread. Remove dead wood. Prune to suitable growth points. Indian Bean (T3) - Crown lift by up to 3m. Crown reduce by approximately 2-3m in height and 1-2m in radial spread. Remove dead wood. Prune to suitable growth points. Exempt works: Remove dead wood and dead trees. Remove self-seeded stems measuring less than 75mm diameter at 1.5m above ground level. Remove self-seeded stems up to 100mm diameter at 1.5m above ground level.

Received
29 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Farnborough & Crofton
  1. Received29 Jul
  2. Validated29 Jul
  3. Consult.21 Aug
  4. Target21 Aug
  5. Decided24 Aug

Decided in 26 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at THISTLEDOWN, WOOD WAY, ORPINGTON, BR6 8LS. Bromley has handled 2,348 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 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 196 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 8LS
Application type
Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 July 2026
Consultation expiry
21 August 2026
Consultation end
21 August 2026
Target decision date
21 August 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
23 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
657476
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: 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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