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Flat 2, 68 Shooters Hill Road, Blackheath, London, SE3 7BG

23/2893/TCTree works in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 6 October 2023

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

WORKS TO BE CARRIED OUT: T1- Robinia pseudoacacia (Robinia) Front boundary: - Reduce encroachment on the building back by approximately 2m, from 4.5m to 2.5m. T2- Robinia pseudoacacia (Robinia) Rear right boundary: - Reduce in height by approximately 2.5m back to the vicinity of previous pruning points down from 18m to 15.5m and average radial spread by approximately 2.5m back to the vicinity of previous pruning points from 8m to 5.5m. - Remove major deadwood. G1- Group of 1x Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore) and 1x Robinia pseudoacacia (Robinia) Rear left adjacent to property: - Fell. T3- Quercus ilex (Holm oak) Rear left boundary: - Reduce in height only by approximately 2.5m to live suitable growth points, down from 16m to 13.5. T4- Fraxinus excelsior (Ash) Rear left boundary: - Reduce in height by approximately 2.5m down from 18m to 15.5 and average radial spread by approximately 2.5m from 6m to 3.5m, being sure to create a 2m clearance from the adjacent property. T5- Fraxinus excelsior (Ash) Rear right boundary: - Reduce in height by approximately 2m down from 16m to 14m and average radial spread by approximately 1.5m from 4m to 2.5m. REASONS FOR WORKS: - G1 to remove before potential problems might be caused due to close proximity to the property - For the rest of of the trees the reasons are for prudent tree management & general maintenance and due to trees being close proximity to surrounding properties.

Received
5 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
BLACKHEATH WESTCOMBE
Agent
Down to Earth Trees Ltd
  1. Received5 Sep
  2. Validated7 Sep
  3. Consult.28 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 Oct

Decided in 29 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at FLAT 2, 68 SHOOTERS HILL ROAD, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 7BG. Greenwich has handled 506 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 4 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 7BG
Application type
Tree works in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Greenwich

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 September 2023
Consultation expiry
28 September 2023
Consultation start
7 September 2023
Consultation end
28 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end
28 September 2023
Last date for comments
18 October 2023
Decision issued
13 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Down to Earth Trees Ltd
Agent address
The Oast, Preston Farm, Shoreham Road, Shoreham, TN14 7UD

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
28 September 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12435897
Documents
12

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
  • 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

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