Skip to content
PlanIndex Get alerts
Menu

Planning application

DOWNE ACTIVITY CENTRE, BIRDHOUSE LANE, DOWNE, ORPINGTON, BR6 7LJ

Granted Bromley 25/05301/TPO Consent under Tree Preservation Orders

Works: Trees

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Two groups of Ash trees adjacent to buildings and scouts activity areas/tents - Remove. (Yew trees and Hawthorns in lower canopy will be retained in both areas). SUBJECT TO TPO 2789 (6.6.2022)

As published by the council, reference 25/05301/TPO

Application record

Reference
25/05301/TPO
Type
Consent under Tree Preservation Orders
Status
Decision Made
Decision
APPROVED
Received
12 Nov 2025
Validated
12 Nov 2025
Decided
14 Jan 2026
Ward
Darwin
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
BR6 7LJ

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 12 Nov 2025

    Received by Bromley

  2. 14 Jan 2026

    Decision issued: APPROVED

  3. 11 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

3 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

Trade members open them from here.

Open the documents

What this grant of permission means

Bromley granted permission on 14 January 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About tree works applications

Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

Within 500 metres

  • LUXTED FARM BARN, LUXTED ROAD, DOWNE, ORPINGTON, BR6 7JT

    25/05849/HPA Submitted 23 Dec 2025 233m away

    Demolition of existing stables building (linked to eastern flank wall of house), erection of single storey side extension with green roof, addition of heat pump to side and open front porch and introduction of outdoor swimming pool in rear garden. (Alternative position/design to that approved under reference DC/24/01828/FULL6).

    Withdrawn Householder Extension Demolition 16 docs
    Small domestic
  • ASHGROVE, LUXTED ROAD, DOWNE, ORPINGTON, BR6 7JX

    25/03892/LDC Submitted 13 Aug 2025 261m away

    Single storey rear extension (following the grant of prior approval under ref: 20/04426/HHPA) LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE (EXISTING)

    Decided Lawful development Extension 4 docs
    Small domestic
  • Downe Court Farm, Luxted Road, Downe, Orpington, BR6 7JX

    24/03775/FLXAG Submitted 9 Oct 2024 261m away

    Change of use of Agricultural Building to Class C3 dwellinghouses to form 1 dwellinghouse (56 day application for prior approval under Class Q of Part 3 of schedule 2 of the GPDO 2015 as amended).

    Granted Prior approval 15 docs
    Domestic
  • DOWNE COURT FARM, LUXTED ROAD, DOWNE, ORPINGTON, BR6 7JX

    25/05826/NOT Submitted 22 Dec 2025 261m away

    Notification for prior approval for the proposed change of use of commercial building (Use Class E) to a single dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) (56 day application for prior approval in respect of transport and highways impacts, contamination risks, flood risk, noise impacts, character or sustainability of a conservation area, provision of natural light to habitable rooms, impact on an area of general or heavy industry, impact of loss of services provided by a registered nursery or a health centre, fire safety impacts).

    Refused Prior approval 10 docs
    Domestic

In Bromley

  • 26/02382/TPO Granted

    112 BARNFIELD WOOD ROAD, BECKENHAM, BR3 6SX

    G1 x3 Lawson Cypress on rear right boundary - Fell to near ground level. G2 x3 Dead Lawson Cypress & x1 Laburnum on rear left boundary - Fell to near ground level. SUBJECT TO TPO 1225 (24.7.1995)

    11 Jun 2026 Trees
  • 26/03030/TCA Granted

    134 VICTOR ROAD, PENGE, LONDON, SE20 7JU

    T1 Magnolia - Reduce height and spread due to close proximity to property (Estimated current height 6m, proposed height 3m).

    28 Jul 2026 Trees
  • 26/03043/TCA Granted

    11 ELWILL WAY, BECKENHAM, BR3 3AB

    T1 Declining/diseased Apple tree in rear garden - Remove. T2 Eucalyptus tree - Cut overhanging and overgrown branches and reduce height by approx. 3-4m. T3 2nd Apple tree - Cut overgrown branches (mainly branches that are not showing any sign of leaf growth).

    24 Jul 2026 Trees
  • 26/02962/TCA Granted

    14 HAYES WAY, BECKENHAM, BR3 6RL

    Canadian Oak tree - Prune two sub lateral branches at a height of 7-8m approx, growing into other trees in the garden.

    20 Jul 2026 Trees
  • 26/02910/TCA Granted

    5 KING WILLIAM IV GARDENS, PENGE, LONDON, SE20 7EG

    T1 Bay - Reduce height to approximately 10m. T2 Cherry laurel, - Fell. T3 Hazel - Fell. T4 Viburnum tinus - Fell. T5 Box elder - Fell.

    20 Jul 2026 Trees