121A Westcombe Hill, Blackheath, London, SE3 7DX
Approved on 18 July 2025
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Conifer (T1 & T2) - crown reduce Reduce height by 2m from 12m to 10m. Reduce lateral spread by 1m from 7m to 6m. Reduction to shape canopy, pruning to suitable points and maintaining natural aesthetic. Chestnut (T3) - fell The tree is approximately 12m in height. The tree is in poor physiological and structural condition showing signs of major dieback in the canopy. There is also a cavity forming in the main stem and the cambium is peeling away. Work undertaken to prevent any health & safety issues in the future. A native pollinator will be planted as a replacement.
- Received
- 10 June 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Royal Borough of Greenwich
- Ward
- BLACKHEATH WESTCOMBE
- ReceivedReceived10 Jun
- ValidatedValidated12 Jun
- Consult.Consultation3 Jul
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided18 Jul
Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 121A WESTCOMBE HILL, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 7DX. Greenwich has handled 506 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 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 308 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 7DX
- Application type
- Tree works in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Greenwich
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 June 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 3 July 2025
- Consultation start
- 12 June 2025
- Consultation end
- 3 July 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 3 July 2025
- Last date for comments
- 24 July 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Amber Tree Care
- Agent address
- 8 Surrey Mount, Forest Hill, London, SE23 3PF
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 3 July 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14086910
- Documents
- 7
- Constraints
- 1
Site constraints
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.
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Source: Greenwich
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