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5 Pond Road, Blackheath, London, SE3 9JL

25/3346/TCTree works in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 12 November 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Quince - Reduce lateral growth extending towards house by approx 0.5m to alleviate end weight. Prune remaining crown to balance and blend. Holm Oak x 2 - Larger tree - reduce height and spread by up to 2m. Smaller tree - reduce height and spread by up to 1m. Himalayan Birch x 2 - Crown reduction. Reducing height and spread of both trees by up to 1m. Dogwood - Crown reduction. Reducing height and spread of tree by up to 1.5m. Crown lift lateral growth extending into neighbour's property to provide 3m clearance from ground level. Crown lift client's side of crown to provide 2m clearance from ground level. (exempt Plum - Fell dead stem, retaining western portion of crown.)

Received
7 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
BLACKHEATH WESTCOMBE
Agent
Tree Craft Ltd
  1. Received7 Oct
  2. Validated9 Oct
  3. Consult.20 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Nov

Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 5 POND ROAD, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 9JL. Greenwich has handled 506 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than Greenwich's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 4 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 9JL
Application type
Tree works in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Greenwich

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 October 2025
Last date for comments
20 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Tree Craft Ltd
Agent address
16 Hillside Farm Rushmore Hill, Knockholt, Kent, TN14 7NL

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14390676
Documents
5
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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