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Coulsdon Church Of England Primary School Bradmore Green, Tollers Lane, Coulsdon, CR5 1ED

13/03818/TWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 13 November 2013

Council decision: No objection (tree works in Con Areas)Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Common Oak - Shorten lowest westerly limb, branch ends by 3m to suitable secondary growth points. Raise low canopy to allow a 1.5mclearance from all built structures. Thin by 20%. Sycamore - Fell trees to kill stumps. Hinoki Cypress - Raise low crown where canopy overhangs footpath to 1.9m height. Austrian Pine - Install non-invasive flexible cable brace to 2 x north westerly primary branches in upper crown. Install same to lowest southerly limb. Lawson Cypress 'Allumii' - Trim foliage away from building annually. G12 Lawson Cypress - Trim foliage away from building annually. G3: Sycamore - Fell trees and kill stumps. G4: Leyland Cypress - Trim side foliage away from built structures as necessary. T6: Common Hawthorn - Reduce height - by 1.5m, radial spread - by 1.0m. T19: Campbell's Magnolia - Raise crown where canopy overhangs school ground to 2.5m in height. T23: Wild Cherry - Raise low canopy over school ground to 2.2m. T16: Common Hawthorn - Fell and treat stump. T17: Common Hawthorn - Reduce remaining canopy to match southerly stem crown extents. T18: Norway Maple - Raise low canopy to 2.0m.

Received
7 October 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Coulsdon East - Pre May18 Election
Agent
W. J. Kent Tree Surgeons Ltd
  1. Received7 Oct
  2. Validated7 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Dec
  5. Decided13 Nov

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Coulsdon Church Of England Primary School Bradmore Green, Tollers Lane, Coulsdon, CR5 1ED. Croydon has handled 1,047 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 3 weeks quicker than Croydon's typical decision time. The site is in the Bradmore Green conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,707 applications in total for the CR5 postcode area.

89% of trees applications at London Borough of Croydon were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CR5 1ED
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 October 2013
Target decision date
2 December 2013
Committee meeting
11 November 2013
Decision issued
15 November 2013
Permission expires
2 December 2013

Applicant and agent

Agent
W. J. Kent Tree Surgeons Ltd
Agent address
Coulsdon Area Farm Off Lion Green Road Coulsdon Surrey CR5 2NL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
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: Bradmore Green
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

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

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    6 Jan

    1, Common Oak - To raise low hanging branches to clear building roofs by 2m, not including primary branches…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation Area26/00023/CAT
  2. 2024
    8 Jul

    To construct a 5.3m x 4.1m x 3m high single storey building for use as a quiet room in the playground of the…

    ApprovedFull planning permission24/02314/FUL
  3. 2023
    16 Jun

    All trees as per attached Tree Survey Work Schedule. Photos and tree location plan attached.

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation Area23/02357/CAT
  4. 2022
    30 Mar

    All tree work as per Appendix 1: Tree Survey Schedule. Please see attached (TPO 22, 2009)

    ApprovedConsent for works to protected trees22/01348/TRE
  5. 2019
    25 Sep

    T1: Common Oak - Remove epicormic shoots throughout inner crown. Thin outer crown by 20-30%. G4: Leyland…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation Area19/04578/CAT
  6. 2011
    28 Nov

    T6 Silver Birch - Raise crown height by approximately 3m.

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation Area11/03584/T

Source: Croydon

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