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42 Ryecroft Road Norbury London SW16 3EQ

26/01531/CATApproved

Approved on 19 June 2026

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

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Front garden: T1 Purple Plum - 7m in height. Reduce by 2m due to excessive shading in the garden. T2 Ash approx 5m. Self sown, low amenity - fell to ground level. T3 Magnolia approx 3m in height and 3m in spread. Reduce over extending laterals by 1.5m to reshape and rebalance. T4 Magnolia approx 6m in height. Lots of deadwood in crown. Reduce by 3m to match the height of T3 and laterals by 1.5m to reshape and rebalance. T5 Pear - 7m in height, unbalanced crown. Reduce height by 3m to rebalance and reshape. T6 Sycamore - remove dead self sown Sycamore. T7 Apple - 6m in height. Reduce by 3m to rebalance and reshape.

Received
26 May 2026
  1. Received26 May
  2. Validated26 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Jul
  5. Decided19 Jun

Decided in 24 days

About this application

This is a planning application at 42 Ryecroft Road Norbury London SW16 3EQ. Croydon has handled 19,636 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 5 weeks quicker than Croydon's typical decision time. The site is in the Norwood Grove conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 3,708 applications in total for the SW16 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
SW16 3EQ

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 May 2026
Target decision date
7 July 2026

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Norwood Grove
  • 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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