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28 Brookway, Blackheath, London, SE3 9BJ

25/0347/TCTree works in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 6 March 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Fell and replace two cypress trees at the end of the back garden. These are non-native species Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, ?lawsons cypress?. These trees are getting too tall and casting too much shadow in the garden. Replacement trees will be planted; native British tree Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) and Photinia fraseri 'Red Robin'. Fell and replace one Japanese cherry tree in the front garden. This is a non-native species and is reaching the natural life. The root system is pushing up the driveway paving, the trunk bark is cracking and becoming infected, and the tree has very little energy with lacklustre blossom and growth. This tree will be replaced with another similar medium sized ornamental flowering tree like a Clerodendrum Trichotomum or another cherry tree.

Received
3 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
BLACKHEATH WESTCOMBE
  1. Received3 Feb
  2. Validated4 Feb
  3. Consult.25 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 Mar

Decided in 30 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 28 BROOKWAY, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 9BJ. 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. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 304 applications across BLACKHEATH WESTCOMBE. We hold 1,350 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 9BJ
Application type
Tree works in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Greenwich

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 February 2025
Consultation expiry
25 February 2025
Consultation start
6 February 2025
Consultation end
25 February 2025
Neighbour consultation end
25 February 2025
Last date for comments
18 March 2025
Decision issued
18 March 2025

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
25 February 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13747106
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.

  • 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

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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