57 Bishopsthorpe Road, London, SE26 4PA Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
FRONT (no.57): ONE Magnolia (T1)(ht.4m) FELL. Reason: structural damage to internal supporting wall between no.55 & no.57, level of damage Category 2 (slight) in BRE Digest 251, 1.5m deep foundations, live roots 1.5m to 2.2m below foundations identified as Magnolia, soil below foundations is desiccated silty clay to 5m of very high plasticity, house much older than the magnolia, heave risk unlikely. Magnolia low water demand species in NHBC chpt 4.2 Building near Trees. Informative A: thank you for retaining other front shrubs for amenity, wildlife, flood risk mitigation and vegetation to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change. Informative B: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 7 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 25 Sept 2026
Documents 9
Decision & officer reports 1
Plans & drawings 1
Application forms 1
Other documents 6
Site constraints 8
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, 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.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £535,000 in August 2006. Semi-detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in October 2017, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Lewisham
- Application type
- Trees in Conservation Areas
- Postcode
- SE26 4PA
- Received
- 5 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 5 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Perry Vale
- Parish
- Does NOT need to go to BCAP
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 16 Sept 2026
- Decision
- Raise No Objection
- Decision date
- 7 Sept 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Enviro Trees UK
How this decision compares
Decided in 33 days from validation, 8 days slower than Lewisham's median of 25 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.
Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Lewisham in the last twelve months, from validation. Lewisham decision record →
Public comments
4 neighbours consulted · Last counted 25 Sept 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-15138107
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-15138107
- Neighbours
- 16 Sept 2026
- Consultation
- 16 Sept 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 16 Sept 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
21 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
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Lewisham ranks #127 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (90%) than the national average (90%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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