16 Wemyss Road, London, SE3 0TG Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
REAR: ONE Birch (T1)(ht.10m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 2m to 8m. LATERAL REDUCE by 1m from 5m to 4m. Reason: Shape accordingly and remove major deadwood. REAR: ONE Bay (T2)(ht.2m) CROWN THIN by 30% (maximum). Reason: to alleviate light issues. REAR: ONE Sycamore (T4)(ht.12m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 3m to ht.9m tp previous prune points, remove major deadwood, LATERAL REDUCE by 2m from 5m to 3m. Reason: repeat management. REAR (no.15): ONE Cypress (T5)(ht.3m) FELL. Reason: Partially dead. CROWN LIFT to 3.0m above ground level. Reason: General maintenance FRONT (no 15): ONE Sycamore (T6)(ht.2m) FELL. Reason: Overgrown and covering the windows and growing too close the property Informative A: huge thank you for retaining treed rear gardens at no.15 & no.16 for amenity, wildlife, environmental benefits and shade to reduce high temperatures in increasingly hot summers 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 22 Sept 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 13 Oct 2026
Documents 12
Decision & officer reports 1
Statements & assessments 3
Application forms 1
Other documents 7
Site constraints 11
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- 39 mGirls' Public Day School Trust SchoolGrade II
- 64 mK6 Telephone Kiosk Outside Blackheath Post OfficeGrade II
- 78 m22 and 23, Montpelier Row Se3Grade II
- 78 mK6 Telephone Kiosk Outside Blackheath Post OfficeGrade II
- 87 mK2 Telephone Kiosk Outside Post OfficeGrade II
- 99 m18, 19 and 20 Montpelier RowGrade II
- 106 mWalls to North and West of Garden of Wemyss CottageGrade II
- 106 mWemyss CottageGrade II
- 107 mOld Brick Flooring in Garden to South East of Wemyss CottageGrade II
- 116 m3-9, Tranquil Vale Se3Grade II
- 117 m11-21, Tranquil Vale Se3Grade II
- 123 mBlackheath Railway StationGrade II
- 127 m23-27, Tranquil Vale Se3Grade II
- 139 mHeathview HotelGrade II
- 140 m29,31,31a,33 and 35, Tranquil Vale Se3Grade II
Checked on 2 November 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 Planning Inspectorate, 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
- Lewisham
- Application type
- Trees in Conservation Areas
- Postcode
- SE3 0TG
- Received
- 21 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 22 Aug 2025
- Ward
- Blackheath
- Parish
- Does NOT need to go to BCAP
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 3 Oct 2025
- Decision
- Raise No Objection
- Decision date
- 22 Sept 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Trees Uk
How this decision compares
Decided in 31 days from validation, 5 days slower than Lewisham's median of 26 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
No public comments yet.
Last counted 13 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14274062
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14274062
- Neighbours
- 3 Sept 2025
- Consultation
- 3 Sept 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 3 Oct 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
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