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7 Balgores Crescent Romford RM2 6AB

T0013.24TreesApproved

Approved on 19 February 2024

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

Proposal

To reduce height in 4 multi steamed very tall Conifer trees by approximately 5.4 Meters off the top and to bring all lower side branches in which overhangs the pub car park which backs onto the Quakers Meeting House. Trees have been neglected for years and need to be maintained at sensible height as branches have ripped out in the past on two previous occasions and damaged a car in Archers pub car park - shown on plan as G1 To reduce in height group of 3 tall Conifer trees by approximately 3.6 Meters off the top and trim up side branches which overhangs in the pub car park that backs on to the Quakers Meeting House. Trees have been neglected for years and need to be maintained at sensible height as branches have ripped out in the past on two previous occasions and damaged a car in Archers pub car park - shown on plan as G2 To reduce height of row of 7 medium Conifer trees by approximately 3 Meters and trim up branches that overhang pub car park. Trees have been neglected for years and need to be maintained at sensible height and to lower the risk of further branch failure - shown on plan as G3 To reduce two separate groups of self seeded Ash and Sycamore Sapling trees and semi mature trees by approximately 2.4 Meters to maintain at sensible height and to clear away from guttering of out building so not to cause damage to the guttering. = shown on map as G4 To give an overall crown reduction of 3.6 Meters to large Twin Stemmed Sycamore Tree which lies in the grounds of the Quakers Meeting House. The tree is covered in Ivy and very leggy and is need of a crown reduction to lower the risk of branch failure and to maintain at sensible height. This tree is also backs onto Archers pub car park and a reduction to the tree will lower the risk of branches falling in the car park - shown plan as T1

Received
20 January 2024
  1. Received20 Jan
  2. Validated20 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Mar
  5. Decided19 Feb

Decided in 30 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 7 Balgores Crescent Romford RM2 6AB. Havering has handled 203 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 4 weeks quicker than Havering's typical decision time. The site is in the Gidea Park conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 450 applications in total for the RM2 postcode area.

82% of trees applications at London Borough of Havering were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
RM2 6AB
Application type
Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 January 2024
Target decision date
2 March 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Stephen Alexander 70 The Drive Collier Row RM5 3TR

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
6

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: Gidea Park
  • 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

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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.

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Source: Havering

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