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15 Congreve Road, Eltham, London, SE9 1LP

23/1355/TCTree works in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 1 June 2023

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Removal of cherry tree in front garden/driveway. Reason is to get front garden paved to allow room for more cars to park on driveway, taking cars off of the very busy road.

Received
21 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
ELTHAM PARK & PROGRESS
  1. Received21 Apr
  2. Validated25 Apr
  3. Consult.16 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Jun

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 15 CONGREVE ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 1LP. 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. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 134 applications across ELTHAM PARK & PROGRESS. We hold 1,305 applications in total for the SE9 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
SE9 1LP
Application type
Tree works in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Eltham & Kidbrooke

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 April 2023
Consultation expiry
16 May 2023
Consultation start
25 April 2023
Consultation end
16 May 2023
Neighbour consultation end
16 May 2023
Last date for comments
5 June 2023

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
16 May 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12096519
Documents
4
Constraints
1

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: Progress Estate
  • 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: Greenwich

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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