Coulsdon Church Of England Primary School Bradmore Green Tollers Lane Coulsdon CR5 1ED

26/00023/CATWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 3 February 2026

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

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

1, Common Oak - To raise low hanging branches to clear building roofs by 2m, not including primary branches. 8, Gleditsia Sunburst - To raise low canopy to 2m. 9, Norway Spruce - To raise low hanging branches to clear boundary fence. 10, Common Oak - To remove trunk epicormic shoots to 4m height to clear shed/summer house. 11, Lawson Cypress 'stewarti' - To trim to a compact form. 13, Common Ash - To Fell. 15, Common Hawthorn - To raise low branches to 1.8m height. 18, Norway Maple - To remove squirrel damaged Branches and raise low canopy to 2.5m. 20, Silver Birch - To remove SW primary branch growing towards gate, with impact damage to underside of branch at 3.5m height and raise low canopy to 3m. 21, Common Hawthorn - To reduce crown height by 1.5 - 2m and spread by 1m. 22, Common Hawthorn - To reduce crown height and spread by 2m. 23a, Olive - To lightly trim. 23b, Olive - To lightly trim.

Received: 6 January 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Croydon
Ward: Old Coulsdon
Agent: W J Kent Tree Surgeons Ltd

ReceivedReceived6 Jan
ValidatedValidated6 Jan
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date17 Feb
DecidedDecided3 Feb

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Coulsdon Church Of England Primary School Bradmore Green Tollers Lane Coulsdon CR5 1ED. Croydon has handled 1,047 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than Croydon's typical decision time. The site is in the Bradmore Green conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 91 applications across Old Coulsdon. We hold 2,707 applications in total for the CR5 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: CR5 1ED
Application type: Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 6 January 2026
Target decision date: 17 February 2026
Permission expires: 3 February 2029

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-14602679
Comments: 0
Documents: 6
Constraints: 21

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Bradmore Green
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.

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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.

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.

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Croydon

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