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51A Westcombe Park Road, Blackheath, London, SE3 7QZ

26/0046/TCTree works in a Conservation AreaWithdrawn

Withdrawn on 26 January 2026

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

This Robinia has out grown its current location and is the wrong species for this location. We wish to remove it completely and plant 3 or 4 more suitable trees probably apple and pear closer to the garden border.

Received
6 January 2026
Ward
BLACKHEATH WESTCOMBE
  1. Received6 Jan
  2. Validated8 Jan
  3. Consult.29 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided26 Jan

Decided in 18 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 51A WESTCOMBE PARK ROAD, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 7QZ. Greenwich has handled 506 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 20 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building 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 7QZ
Application type
Tree works in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Greenwich

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 January 2026
Consultation expiry
29 January 2026
Consultation start
8 January 2026
Consultation end
29 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
29 January 2026
Last date for comments
19 February 2026

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
29 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14603360
Documents
4
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Blackheath
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Westcombe Park, 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, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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

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© 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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