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23 Westcombe Park Road, Blackheath, London, SE3 7RE

23/1340/TCTree works in a Conservation AreaRefused

Refused on 1 June 2023

Council decision: Raise ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Beech (T1) fell due to Meripilus present at the base of the tree. Replant with copper Beech. Chestnut (T2) - reduce canopy by approx 1-2m from the tips back to previous pruning points and crown clean Sycamore (T3) - remove die back in upper crown and reduce over long laterals back to balance by 2m from tips Holly (T4) - reduce canopy back by approx 1-2m from tips

Received
21 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
BLACKHEATH WESTCOMBE
  1. Received21 Apr
  2. Validated24 Apr
  3. Consult.15 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Jun

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 23 WESTCOMBE PARK ROAD, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 7RE. Greenwich has handled 506 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Greenwich's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 304 applications across BLACKHEATH WESTCOMBE. We hold 1,346 applications in total for the SE3 postcode area.

97% of trees applications at Royal Borough of Greenwich were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SE3 7RE
Application type
Tree works in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Greenwich

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 April 2023
Consultation expiry
15 May 2023
Consultation start
24 April 2023
Consultation end
15 May 2023
Neighbour consultation end
15 May 2023
Last date for comments
4 June 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Putney Tree Surgeons
Agent address
52 Wrecclesham Hill, Farnham, GU104JS

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
15 May 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12109531
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Blackheath
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Westcombe Park, Greenwich
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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: Greenwich

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