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17 Chancellor Gardens South Croydon CR2 6WB

25/03973/TREConsent for works to protected treesApproved

Approved on 15 January 2026

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

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T2 Beech: Crown lift - To raise lower canopy to give a clearance of at least 2 metres from the roof and to reduce a selection of laterals overhanging the garden by up to 1.5 metres. T3 Common Horse Chestnut: Rear boundary of communal car park: To reduce a selection of lateral branches over hanging the car park by up to 1.5 metres. T3 Norway Maple: Crown lift - To raise lower canopy by removing 1 lower lateral and reducing another lateral by up to 2 metres. (TPO 26, 1984)

Received
11 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Purley Oaks And Riddlesdown
  1. Received11 Dec
  2. Validated15 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Feb
  5. Decided15 Jan

Decided in 31 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 17 Chancellor Gardens South Croydon CR2 6WB. Croydon has handled 1,047 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than Croydon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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 6WB
Application type
Consent for works to protected trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 December 2025
Target decision date
9 February 2026
Permission expires
15 January 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
Trees Uk
Agent address
Longfield Cottage Nash Lane Keston BR2 6AP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14559250
Documents
8
Constraints
8

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

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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