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25 Sylvan Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2RU

24/01862/CATWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 1 July 2024

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T0428 Lime - To Pollard at approximately 4-5m from ground level. Major trunk lean. Tree height currently 22m.

Received
29 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Crystal Palace And Upper Norwood
  1. Received29 May
  2. Validated29 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 Jul
  5. Decided1 Jul

Decided in 33 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 25 Sylvan Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2RU. Croydon has handled 1,047 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 3 weeks quicker than Croydon's typical decision time. The site is in the Church Road, Upper Norwood conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 122 applications across Crystal Palace And Upper Norwood. We hold 1,190 applications in total for the SE19 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
SE19 2RU
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 May 2024
Target decision date
10 July 2024
Permission expires
1 July 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
John O'Conner GM
Agent address
2 Great North Road Welwyn AL6 0PL United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13054401
Comments
0
Documents
9
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Church Road, Upper Norwood
  • 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

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2022
    26 Sep

    1x Tilia - Pollard at 6m. 1x Tilia - Repollard to last pollard points.

    UnresolvedApplication22/03949/CAT

Source: Croydon

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