36 Birchwood Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1NZ
Approved on 12 October 2026
Council decision: NO OBJECTION
Proposal
T1 Ash on rear right hand boundary (neighbouring tree at No. 34) - Create a new pollard @ approximately 10-12m above ground level, leaving all logs and brash stacked neatly on either side of the boundary fence, including removing any major deadwood, split and hanging branches.
- Received
- 16 September 2026
- Council
- London Borough of Bromley
- Ward
- Petts Wood & Knoll
- ReceivedReceived16 Sep
- ValidatedValidated16 Sep
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided12 Oct
Decided in 26 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a planning application at 36 BIRCHWOOD ROAD, PETTS WOOD, ORPINGTON, BR5 1NZ. Bromley has handled 90 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 Chislehurst Road, Petts Wood conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 212 applications across Petts Wood & Knoll. We hold 3,017 applications in total for the BR5 postcode area.
100% of notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area 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
- BR5 1NZ
- Application type
- Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 September 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Paul Smith
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: Chislehurst Road, Petts Wood
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.
Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202627 Apr
Formation of additional vehicular access, widening of existing crossover, and hard and soft landscaping to…
ApprovedHouseholder26/01673/HPA - 202616 Feb
Variation of condition 2 of permission ref. 25/01330/FULL6
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)25/01330/S73A - 202512 Nov
Demolition of conservatory part single and part two storey rear/side extension above the garage with dormer…
ApprovedHouseholder25/05270/HPA
Source: Bromley
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