Keston Court Poultry Farm, Rectory Road, Keston, BR2 6AE Data via plota.co.uk

26/03271/TPO - Consent under Tree Preservation Orders Valid

Proposal

T1 Large dead Ash tree (Fraxinus excelsior) located close to Westerham Road and overhanging an existing telephone line - Remove. T2 Large dead Ash tree (Fraxinus excelsior) situated in close proximity to the road - Remove. T3 Large dead Ash tree (Fraxinus excelsior) situated close to the road - Remove. T4 Medium-sized dead Ash tree (Fraxinus excelsior) - Remove. T5 Medium-sized Ash tree (Fraxinus excelsior) - Remove. SUBJECT TO TPO 224 (12.7.1984) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 01:03

Application progress

✓

Received

17 Aug 2026

Decision

Expected by 12 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 9 Oct 2026; it is now day 53.

The consultation period closed on 11 Sept 2026.

Documents 3

Site constraints 12

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Keston Court, Grade II, about 1 m from the postcode pin

The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Historic England ↗

Green belt: London

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Archaeological priority area: The Archaeological Priority Area covers the southern part of Bromley

An assessment or field evaluation may be asked for before ground works.

The council or Historic England considers archaeology likely here. A desk-based assessment, and sometimes trial trenching, can be asked for with the application.

Air quality management area: Aqma 2020

The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.

Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.

Council record ↗

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Registered park or garden about 60 m away: Holwood Park

Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.

Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.

Historic England ↗

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 4; Scheduled monument about 216 m away: Iron Age settlement and Roman villa at Warbank, Keston; SSSI about 439 m away: Keston and Hayes Commons SSSI; Public transport access: PTAL 1b (very poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Priority habitat about 34 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI), Transport for London (public transport access levels, Powered by TfL Open Data, OGL v3.0, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Bromley
Application type: Consent under Tree Preservation Orders
Postcode: BR2 6AE
Received: 17 Aug 2026
Validated: 17 Aug 2026
Ward: Hayes & Coney Hall
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 12 Oct 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Decision outlook

Day 53, past Bromley's usual 39 days for tree and landscaping works. 93% are decided within thirteen weeks, so most likely by 16 Nov 2026.

predicted

Day 533 days to the 56-day target

68%decided within 8 weeks

95%approved

573decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Bromley in the last twelve months, from validation. Bromley decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 7 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 11 Sept 2026

Historical activity at this location

3 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved

Change of use of Agricultural Building to Class C3 dwellinghouses to form 1 dwellinghouse…

25/01687/FLXAG 20 Jun 2025

2025 Refused

Change of use of Agricultural Building to Class C3 dwellinghouses to form 1 dwellinghouse…

25/00819/FLXAG 30 Apr 2025

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved

Keston Court Farm, Rectory Road, Keston, BR2 6AE

Details submitted to comply with the requirements of the following conditions relating to…

25/01687/CON 9 Dec 2025

Bromley

Planning Authority Score

4.4/10

Below average

#178 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Bromley ranks #143 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Bromley is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 79% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils

only 79% approved vs 90% nationally

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Bromley decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

77%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #276 of 296

79%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #280 of 296

66%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #143 of 296

33%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #72 of 296

63%

Minor dwellings approved

70 decided (1-9 homes)

88%

Major dwellings approved

8 decided (10+ homes)

50%

Change of use approved

42 decided

2,164

Total decisions

500 refused in the year to March 2026