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1 Macbeth Terrace, Blackheath Park, London, SE3 9SA

25/3035/TPTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 3 October 2025

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

3 x Horse Chestnuts. T1 - 20m in height Pollard by 8m (historically pollarded). T2 -18m in height pollard by 6m. T3 - remove large overhanging branch over No:2 back to the main trunk and lightly reduce overhang on upper branched back to the boundary and back to suitable growth points (historically pollarded) All works to retain the trees in good form, improve light into the garden area and retain the trees in a safe condition.

Received
16 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
BLACKHEATH WESTCOMBE
  1. Received16 Sep
  2. Validated16 Sep
  3. Consult.11 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Oct

Decided in 17 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 MACBETH TERRACE, BLACKHEATH PARK, LONDON, SE3 9SA. Greenwich has handled 506 applications of this type. This one was decided in 17 days, 6 weeks quicker than Greenwich's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 9SA
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Greenwich

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 September 2025
Last date for comments
11 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
G Wood Tree Care
Agent address
91c Beaconsfield Road, Blackheath, London, SE3 7CQ

Additional information

Documents
6
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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