Planning application
ELTHAM PALACE, COURT YARD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 5QE
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Please see the attached tree work schedule and location maps - NO FELLING AS PART OF THE WORKS
As published by the council, reference 26/2425/TC
Application record
- Reference
- 26/2425/TC
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 14 Aug 2026
- Ward
- ELTHAM TOWN & AVERY HILL
- Parish
- Eltham & Kidbrooke
- Postcode
- SE9 5QE
Site history
Applications at this address on the Greenwich register
This site has had 6 applications since 2022: 5 approved, 0 refused.
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26/0956/TC Granted
ELTHAM PALACE, COURT YARD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 5QE
T1 Ash - Fell - ash dieback, dead branches over path. T2 Sycamore - Fell - Sooty Bark, limb loss, bark rot and dieback. T3 Multi-stemmed sycamore - Fell - grown up from unstable tree stump risk to stem failure, causing damp and shade to cottage
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26/0474/TC Granted
ELTHAM PALACE, COURT YARD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 5QE
Schedule of work and location maps attached including the felling of T1 3x dead sycamore, T2 box leg azara, T8 ash
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25/3880/TC Granted
ELTHAM PALACE, COURT YARD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 5QE
Fell T1 Ash and T2,3,4 self set sycamore - poor form and removal to improve the growth of other trees and plants
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25/3510/TC Granted
ELTHAM PALACE, COURT YARD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 5QE
Fell two crab apples (1 & 2 on plan) by car park - outgrown their space. Pear (3 on plan) remove to improve the growth of two trees either side.
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22/4184/TC Granted
ELTHAM PALACE, COURT YARD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 5QE
Trees 764 Cherry - prune to clear building by 30cm. 763 - mixed group - cedar and birch lift to give 5m clearance from front entrance. and lift 2x others to give 2.5-3m clearance over parking bays. 762 - Ash- Fell - Small twin stem ash leaning over school play area with significant bark wounding to main stem. Fair callus and minimal decay though removal considered prudent whilst the tree is still small given the location. 757 -London Plane - Reduce crown of upper lateral from fork of aforementioned first NE ascending stem by 1.5-2m. Reduce the lateral spread of the lower lateral from the fork by 1.5-2m.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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14 Aug 2026
Received by Greenwich
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17 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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4 Sep 2026
Status changed to Awaiting decision
Previously Registered.
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 9 October 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Greenwich took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
1 document on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
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About this record
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Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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ELTHAM PALACE, COURT YARD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 5QE
Trees 764 Cherry - prune to clear building by 30cm. 763 - mixed group - cedar and birch lift to give 5m clearance from front entrance. and lift 2x others to give 2.5-3m clearance over parking bays. 762 - Ash- Fell - Small twin stem ash leaning over school play area with significant bark wounding to main stem. Fair callus and minimal decay though removal considered prudent whilst the tree is still small given the location. 757 -London Plane - Reduce crown of upper lateral from fork of aforementioned first NE ascending stem by 1.5-2m. Reduce the lateral spread of the lower lateral from the fork by 1.5-2m.
Granted Trees 8 docs -
ELTHAM PALACE, COURT YARD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 5QE
Fell T1 Ash and T2,3,4 self set sycamore - poor form and removal to improve the growth of other trees and plants
Granted Trees 5 docs -
ELTHAM PALACE, COURT YARD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 5QE
Schedule of work and location maps attached including the felling of T1 3x dead sycamore, T2 box leg azara, T8 ash
Granted Trees 7 docs -
LITTLE COURT, COURT YARD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 5QE
Four large copper beech trees are adjacent to the house (numbered 1, 2, 3, 4 on plan) None of them is covered by a preservation order. Permission is requested to: - Remove any dead wood. - Cut back new growth overhanging the property. This work needs repeating every few years, permission was last granted in 2011.
Granted Trees 5 docs -
ELTHAM PALACE, COURT YARD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 5QE
Fell two crab apples (1 & 2 on plan) by car park - outgrown their space. Pear (3 on plan) remove to improve the growth of two trees either side.
Granted Trees 6 docs -
ELTHAM PALACE, COURT YARD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 5QE
T1 Ash - Fell - ash dieback, dead branches over path. T2 Sycamore - Fell - Sooty Bark, limb loss, bark rot and dieback. T3 Multi-stemmed sycamore - Fell - grown up from unstable tree stump risk to stem failure, causing damp and shade to cottage
Granted Trees 6 docs