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248 Plumstead Common Road, Plumstead, London, SE18 2RT

25/2554/TCTree works in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 5 September 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Single cherry tree located at the rear of garden - Work proposed comprises reducing height by 3-4 metres and removing some branches which stretch over neighbouring properties at 246 and 250 Plumstead Common Road. Tree crown will be retained and new growth will take place.

Received
7 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
PLUMSTEAD COMMON
  1. Received7 Aug
  2. Validated7 Aug
  3. Consult.18 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Sep

Decided in 29 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 248 PLUMSTEAD COMMON ROAD, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 2RT. 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 153 applications across PLUMSTEAD COMMON. We hold 1,520 applications in total for the SE18 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
SE18 2RT
Application type
Tree works in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Woolwich & Thamesmead

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 August 2025
Last date for comments
18 September 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14233521
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: Plumstead Common
  • 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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