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The Farthings Coombe Road Croydon CR0 5RD

25/02846/TREConsent for works to protected treesApproved

Approved on 6 October 2025

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T3. Cedar Lebanon To shorten and raise easterly branches towards/overhanging the main building to create a 1 metre separation from the side elevation and roof line to erect scaffolding. (TPO 02, 1978)

Received
3 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Park Hill And Whitgift
Agent
W J Kent Tree Surgeons Ltd
  1. Received3 Sep
  2. Validated3 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 Oct
  5. Decided6 Oct

Decided in 33 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Farthings Coombe Road Croydon CR0 5RD. 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 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Park Hill And Whitgift. We hold 5,298 applications in total for the CR0 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
CR0 5RD
Application type
Consent for works to protected trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 September 2025
Target decision date
29 October 2025
Permission expires
6 October 2030

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-14301362
Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, conservation areas, 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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