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8 Upper Woodcote Village Purley CR8 3HE

25/03697/CATWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 16 December 2025

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

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T1 - Cherry - To crown reduce by 1m and shape. G3 - 4 x Sycamore - To shorten lateral branches extending over the garden by 2-2.5m

Received
17 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Purley And Woodcote
Agent
W J Kent Tree Surgeons Ltd
  1. Received17 Nov
  2. Validated17 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 Dec
  5. Decided16 Dec

Decided in 29 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 8 Upper Woodcote Village Purley CR8 3HE. 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. The site is in the Upper Woodcote Village conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 170 applications across Purley And Woodcote. We hold 2,481 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 3HE
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 November 2025
Target decision date
29 December 2025
Permission expires
16 December 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
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14494944
Comments
0
Documents
11
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Upper Woodcote Village
  • 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

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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