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5 Blackford Close South Croydon CR2 6BT

24/03353/TREConsent for works to protected treesRefused

Refused on 28 October 2024

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

G1 2x Limes: Crown reduction by 1/3 of current diameter in width, and 2.5m by height. Crown lifting, with 5m minimum clearance to ground. Removal of low-growing small branches. (TPO 08, 1979)

Received
1 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Purley Oaks And Riddlesdown
  1. Received1 Oct
  2. Validated1 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target26 Nov
  5. Decided28 Oct

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 5 Blackford Close South Croydon CR2 6BT. Croydon has handled 1,047 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 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 58 applications across Purley Oaks And Riddlesdown. We hold 4,681 applications in total for the CR2 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
CR2 6BT
Application type
Consent for works to protected trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 October 2024
Target decision date
26 November 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13449438
Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
5

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

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© 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.

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Source: Croydon

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