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St John The Evangelist Church Canon's Hill Coulsdon CR5 1HA

23/03714/TREConsent for works to protected treesApproved

Approved on 8 November 2023

Council decision: Consent Granted (Tree App.)Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Yew: To reduce crown height by 4-5m, reduce crown radius by 1.5. (TPO 03, 1969)

Received
2 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Old Coulsdon
Agent
W J Kent Tree Surgeons Ltd
  1. Received2 Oct
  2. Validated4 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 Nov
  5. Decided8 Nov

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at St John The Evangelist Church Canon's Hill Coulsdon CR5 1HA. 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, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 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 1HA
Application type
Consent for works to protected trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 October 2023
Target decision date
29 November 2023
Permission expires
8 November 2028

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

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12475390
Comments
0
Documents
7

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.

Source: Croydon

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