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Block At, 9-20 Wycherley Close, Blackheath, SE3 7QH

25/0827/TPTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 25 April 2025

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1) Lime (Closest to the front of flats) - 3m-4m of the height and lateral spread back to previous growth points - Removal of lower limb which would be 6m total length. T2) Lime - Remove the lower first limb on the left which is a lateral spread of around 2.5m - Lateral limb removal towards satellite dish of around 2.5m - Final height and lateral spread would be around 12/14m high and lateral spread sound 8/10m

Received
14 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
BLACKHEATH WESTCOMBE
  1. Received14 Mar
  2. Validated20 Mar
  3. Consult.15 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided25 Apr

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at BLOCK AT, 9-20 WYCHERLEY CLOSE, BLACKHEATH, SE3 7QH. 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. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. 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 7QH
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Greenwich

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 March 2025
Last date for comments
15 May 2025
Decision issued
1 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
VOO
Agent address
Grange Road, Chester, CH3 5NS

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13847763
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
  • 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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