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5 Brooklands Park, Blackheath, London, SE3 9BN

26/1080/TCTree works in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 13 May 2026

Council decision: Raise No Objection

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Yew - reduce the height by up to 2m from 7m to 5m and radial spread by 1m in all directions from 6m to 4m overall to match the size of the neighbouring Yew tree.

Received
2 April 2026
Ward
BLACKHEATH WESTCOMBE
  1. Received2 Apr
  2. Validated8 Apr
  3. Consult.20 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided13 May

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 5 BROOKLANDS PARK, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 9BN. Greenwich has handled 506 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Greenwich's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 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 1,350 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 9BN
Application type
Tree works in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 April 2026
Last date for comments
20 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Alan Brignall
Agent address
48 Harland Road, Lee, London, SE12 0JA

Planning decision

Case officer
Debi Rogers

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14830312
Documents
5
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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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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