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3 Arundel Avenue South Croydon CR2 8BG

26/01507/TREConsent for works to protected treesRefused

Refused on 24 June 2026

Council decision: Consent Refused (Tree application)Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T1 Copper Beech - Fell. Tree roots have caused extensive damage to driveway, front boundary wall and pier. The customer wants to replace the drive and walls and wants to remove the tree to do the works. (TPO 13, 1975)

Received
22 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sanderstead
  1. Received22 May
  2. Validated2 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target28 Jul
  5. Decided24 Jun

Decided in 22 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 3 Arundel Avenue South Croydon CR2 8BG. Croydon has handled 1,047 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 5 weeks quicker than Croydon's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 117 applications across Sanderstead. 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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Why it was refused

  1. The Beech Tree is considered a prominent specimen which offers a high level of visual amenity and historic value to the locale. The Local Authority considers that the removal of this tree would be detrimental to the character of the area and that the reasons given by the applicant for the felling do not outweigh the amenity importance of the tree. The proposal is, therefore, contrary to good arboricultural practice and not in accordance with The Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CR2 8BG
Application type
Consent for works to protected trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 June 2026
Target decision date
28 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Benton Arboriculture
Agent address
22 Orchard Hill Rudgwick Horsham RH12 3EQ GB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14957818
Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
4

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.

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    30 Jul

    T1 Beech - Crown reduce by approximately 2m to previous pruning points (TPO 13, 1975)

    ApprovedConsent for works to protected trees26/02139/TRE
  2. 2023
    26 May

    Copper Beech (T1) - reduce to previous reduction points. (TPO13, 1975)

    ApprovedConsent for works to protected trees23/02071/TRE
  3. 2020
    28 May

    T1 Beech - crown reduce by 2m to previous reduction points. (TPO no.13, 1975)

    ApprovedConsent for works to protected trees20/02259/TRE
  4. 2016
    18 Oct

    Copper Beech - Reduce to most recent reduction points - last reduction in 2013 (TPO no. 13, 1975)

    ApprovedConsent for works to protected trees16/05378/TRE
  5. 2013
    6 Sep

    1x Beech - Raise the crown over the road to a height of 4.2m above ground level. Raise minor pendulous growth…

    ApprovedConsent for works to protected trees13/03187/T

Source: Croydon

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