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34 St Johns Park, London, SE3 7JH

23/3692/TCTree works in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 27 December 2023

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

TG1 conifer - fell, low amenity value and excessive shading. T1 magnolia grandiflora - fell due to future property risk. T2 & 3 - remove branch touching neighbours building. T4 Indian bean - reduce laterals by 2-3m leaving 6m due to excessive shading for neighbours. T5 cherry - fell low amenity value and excessive shading for shading for neighbours. T6 silver birch - reduce laterals over 3m by 2m leaving 3m due to excessive shading.

Received
15 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
BLACKHEATH WESTCOMBE
  1. Received15 Nov
  2. Validated16 Nov
  3. Consult.7 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided27 Dec

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 34 ST JOHNS PARK, LONDON, SE3 7JH. Greenwich has handled 506 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Greenwich's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings 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 7JH
Application type
Tree works in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Greenwich

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 November 2023
Consultation expiry
7 December 2023
Consultation start
16 November 2023
Consultation end
7 December 2023
Neighbour consultation end
7 December 2023
Last date for comments
27 December 2023
Decision issued
28 December 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Oxleas Tree Care
Agent address
Chislehurst Business Centre, 1 Bromley Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6LH

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
7 December 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12606040
Documents
10

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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