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8 Westcombe Park Road, Blackheath, London, SE3 7RB

24/2207/TCTree works in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 8 August 2024

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 Holly - Rear RHB: - To reduce the overall height by up to 2 metres and shape the remaining canopy. To trim back as hard as possible. Please see annotated photo. H1 Beech - Front boundary: Hedge face encroaching on the pavement- To cut back the pavement side to create a new face tighter into the boundary line . To trim previous seasons regrowth on both the height and the internal face. T2 Cotoneaster - Front boundary: Crown reduction - To reduce the overall canopy by up to 1 metre and shape the canopy accordingly. Please see annotated photo. T3 Fastigiate Yew - Growing against the house: To reduce the height by up to 0.5 metres making sure both are the same height and shape, trimming the remaining canopy into a tight and compact shape. Please see annotated photo. T3 Fastigiate Yew - Growing against the house: To reduce the height by up to 0.5 metres making sure both are the same height and shape, trimming the remaining canopy into a tight and compact shape. Please see annotated photo. Reason for work ? General Maintenace

Received
10 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
BLACKHEATH WESTCOMBE
  1. Received10 Jul
  2. Validated11 Jul
  3. Consult.22 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Aug

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 8 WESTCOMBE PARK ROAD, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 7RB. Greenwich has handled 506 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 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 7RB
Application type
Tree works in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Greenwich

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 July 2024
Last date for comments
22 August 2024
Decision issued
22 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Trees Uk
Agent address
Longfield Cottage, Nash Lane, Keston, BR2 6AP

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13232303
Documents
11
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: Blackheath
  • World Heritage Site buffer zone: Maritime 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, 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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