36 Kidbrooke Grove, Kidbrooke, London, SE3 0LG
Proposal
T1 - CHERRY TREE ? back garden along the roadside boundary ? growing in the far corner with a bird box attached This tree has visual signs of Canker. This tree is leaning very heavily towards the Road In order to reduce the weight of the crown on this leaning tree, we would recommend the following work: To Reduce in height by 5m, giving a finished height of 14m To Reduce the branches which are growing over towards the road and pavement by 5m to suitable growing points To Crown Thin by 25% T2 - ACACIA/ROBINIA TREE To reduce the branch which is growing over and towards number 46 Kidbrooke Grove, i.e: a 7m reduction of the 46 Kiddbrook Grove garden side fork To Reduce the remaining fork by 3m The resulting prune will reduce back the branches overhanging 46 Kidbrooke Grove by approximately 50% - NB not quite to boundary To Visual inspect the tree during the execution of this work and report any defects found To Clear all resulting debris T3 - HORSE CHESTNUT TREE To Reduce all stems by 25% in height, Ie: Current height 15m, Branch length reduction 4m, Finished height 11m To Remove epicormic and trunk growth, to clear obstruction to the Magnolia Grandiflora growing beneath
- Received
- 23 August 2023
- Decided
- 6 October 2023 · Approve
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Royal Borough of Greenwich
- Ward
- BLACKHEATH WESTCOMBE
- ReceivedSubmitted23 Aug
- ValidatedValidated31 Aug
- Consult.Consultation21 Sep
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided6 Oct
Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)
This is a tree application at 36 KIDBROOKE GROVE, KIDBROOKE, LONDON, SE3 0LG. Greenwich has handled 506 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 29 days. This one was decided in 44 days, 2 weeks longer than Greenwich's median. 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 290 applications across BLACKHEATH WESTCOMBE. We hold 1,297 applications in total for the SE3 postcode area.
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Planning constraints
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- Conservation area: Blackheath
- 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.
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