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56 Riefield Road, Eltham, London, SE9 2QB

24/2348/TPTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 1 October 2024

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

single limb growing from the lower part of the canopy of an English Oak (Quercus robur) which is located in the garden of number 56 Riefield rd. Labelled 'tree 1' The limb overhangs the adjacent garden of number 58. The limb has previously been reduced to a lateral growth point, with the pruning wound showing minimal signs of occlusion. The remaining growth protrudes from beneath the canopy, suggesting phototropism. This means that a sizeable amount of load is being applied to a potential point of failure. The proposed works are limited to the reduction of this limb by no more than three metres in order to reduce the weight and loading, by bringing it back in line with the general spread of the canopy. All cuts would be to suitable growth points in accordance with BS3998.

Received
2 September 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
ELTHAM TOWN & AVERY HILL
  1. Received2 Sep
  2. Validated2 Sep
  3. Consult.23 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Oct

Decided in 29 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 56 RIEFIELD ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 2QB. 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. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 160 applications across ELTHAM TOWN & AVERY HILL. 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 2QB
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Eltham & Kidbrooke

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 September 2024
Consultation expiry
23 September 2024
Consultation start
2 September 2024
Consultation end
23 September 2024
Neighbour consultation end
23 September 2024
Last date for comments
14 October 2024
Decision issued
14 October 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
337 Hurst rd, Bexley, London, Kent, DA53DZ

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
23 September 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13364247
Documents
7
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.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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