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25 Hereward Avenue Purley CR8 2NN

23/03560/TREConsent for works to protected treesRefused

Refused on 16 October 2023

Council decision: Consent Refused (Tree application)Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1: multi stemmed Chestnut: Heavy crown reduction requesting 30-40% approx 8-10m from a lateral growth. T2: multi stemmed chestnut approx 16m in height, requesting de-limb approx 4.5m due to growth over garage and shed. Heavy reduction 30-40% approx 6-8m from a lateral growth. Growing on bank requesting heavy reduction to benefit surrounding buildings and roads. (TPO 30, 1991)

Received
17 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Purley And Woodcote
  1. Received17 Sep
  2. Validated21 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Nov
  5. Decided16 Oct

Decided in 25 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 25 Hereward Avenue Purley CR8 2NN. Croydon has handled 1,047 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 4 weeks quicker than Croydon's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 170 applications across Purley And Woodcote. We hold 2,474 applications in total for the CR8 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
CR8 2NN
Application type
Consent for works to protected trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 September 2023
Target decision date
16 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Woodsman Tree Surgeons
Agent address
3 Oakmead Road Croydon Surrey CR0 3AS United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12463725
Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (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: Croydon

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