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81 Mycenae Road, Blackheath, London, SE3 7SE

25/0082/TCTree works in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 7 February 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Removal of single Robinia tree located next to the front boundary of our property (number 81) and neighbouring property (number 79). Tree is overhanging neighbouring property and sits on a retaining wall which has cracked and is at high risk of further root damage (see picture attached). Robinia is of low aesthetic value and intrudes into canopy of large specimen acer.

Received
13 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
BLACKHEATH WESTCOMBE
  1. Received13 Jan
  2. Validated13 Jan
  3. Consult.3 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 Feb

Decided in 25 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 81 MYCENAE ROAD, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 7SE. Greenwich has handled 506 applications of this type. This one was decided in 25 days, 4 weeks quicker than Greenwich's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 7SE
Application type
Tree works in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Greenwich

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 January 2025
Consultation expiry
3 February 2025
Consultation start
13 January 2025
Consultation end
3 February 2025
Neighbour consultation end
3 February 2025
Last date for comments
24 February 2025
Decision issued
24 February 2025

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
3 February 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13688866
Documents
9
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.

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, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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