Burford Coulsdon Road Coulsdon CR5 1ED

19/05309/CATWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 10 January 2020

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

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Proposal

1 - Yew - To prune to a compact form 2 - 2 x Cypress - To fell 3 - Spruce - To fell

Received: 8 November 2019
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Croydon
Ward: Old Coulsdon
Agent: W J Kent Tree Surgeons Ltd

ReceivedReceived8 Nov
ValidatedValidated8 Nov
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date20 Dec
DecidedDecided10 Jan

Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Burford Coulsdon Road Coulsdon CR5 1ED. Croydon has handled 1,047 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Croydon's typical decision time. The site is in the Bradmore Green conservation area. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 91 applications across Old Coulsdon. 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: 8 November 2019
Consultation start: 18 November 2019
Target decision date: 20 December 2019
Permission expires: 10 January 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent: W J Kent Tree Surgeons Ltd
Agent address: Coulsdon Area Farm Lime Tree Avenue Cane Hill park Coulsdon CR5 3GB

Planning decision

Case officer: Robert Goode
Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-08281436
Comments: 0
Documents: 4
Constraints: 11

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Bradmore Green
Green belt: CroydonPart of the site
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 (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.

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Associated applications

2019
8 Nov
T1 - Beech - To crown thin by 25% shorten lower westerly lateral branches overhanging the site by up to 1.5m…
ApprovedConsent for works to protected treesFiled alongside19/05307/TRE
2019
8 Nov
1 - Yew - To prune to a compact form 2 - 2 x Cypress - To fell 3 - Spruce - To fell
This applicationApprovedTrees19/05309/CAT

Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Croydon

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