5-17 Straightsmouth, Greenwich, London, SE10 9LB Data via plota.co.uk

26/1148/TC - Tree works in a Conservation Area Refused
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T1-T3 Acer - Remove to ground level as they have already damaged the boundary wall over the railway track. T4 Pyracantha - Reduce to 4ft from ground level due to blocking light to the adjacent windows. T5 & T6 Acer - Remove to ground level due to lifting the paving and also future damage to wall highly likely. T7 Gladitsia - Crown reduce by up to 2m from 14m to 12m in height and 2m from all compass points from approximately 7m to 5m. Crown lift to 4m from ground level. Due to growing into streetlight and being low over the parking area. T8 Acer - Crown reduce by up to 2m from 15m to 13m in height and 2m from all compass points from approximately 8m to 6m. Crown lift to 4m from ground level. Due to included bark union near the base. T9, T10 & T14 Acer - Crown reduce by up to 2m from 13m to 11m in height and 2m from all compass points from approximately 6m to 4m. Crown lift to 4m from ground level. Due to dropping debris on cars. T11, T13 & T15 Acer - Remove to ground level due to future damage to wall highly likely. T12 Acer- Remove to ground level due to future damage to wall highly likely. REVISED WORKS 21/4/26 Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
21 Apr 2026
✓
Consultation
24 Apr 2026
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Refused
19 May 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 19 May 2026 · Delegation · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents 4

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision notice Decision Notice · 19 May 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application form redacted Application Form · 21 Apr 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF Report including photos and location Revised works Document · 21 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Unknown Tree Documents · 21 Apr 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 9

COA00000762 conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Archaeological priority area
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: Greenwich AQMA
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 ↗
Town centre: Greenwich West
A designated centre in the London Plan.
Shops, services and active frontages are protected in centres, and main town centre uses are steered here first.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Opportunity area
Where the London Plan expects significant growth.
Boundaries are indicative and the borough holds the detailed plan.
World heritage site about 102 m away: Maritime Greenwich
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
4 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Greenwich built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 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 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
Greenwich
Application type
Tree works in a Conservation Area
Postcode
SE10 9LB
Received
21 Apr 2026
Validated
21 Apr 2026
Ward
GREENWICH CREEKSIDE
Parish
Greenwich
Case officer
Show
Decision
Raise Objections
Decision date
19 May 2026
Decision level
Delegation
Applicant
Show
Agent
Scriven Industries Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 28 days from validation, about the council's usual 29 days. Refused, as 4% of tree and landscaping works here are.

99%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
304decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14853225
Consultation
24 Apr 2026
Comments by
5 May 2026
Env. assessment
No

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Greenwich
Planning Authority Score
5.4/10
Average
#123 of 296 councils
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Other decisions

Greenwich is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #76 out of 296. Only 29% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Greenwich is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 78% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 78% approved vs 90% nationally
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Greenwich decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
77%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #278 of 296
78%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #287 of 296
75%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #76 of 296
29%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #49 of 296
60%
Minor dwellings approved
114 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
13 decided (10+ homes)
66%
Change of use approved
195 decided
1,468
Total decisions
331 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings