55 Thorpewood Avenue, London, SE26 4BY Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
REAR: ONE Smoke Bush (T1)(ht.5m) FELL and replant with a Lilac in a different location. Reason: tree is in poor condition, multi-stemmed, in patio paving and is preventing the use of the patio area. REAR: ONE Pear (T2)(ht.8m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 3m from 8m to ht.5m, spread by 1m from 3m to 2m. Reason: overgrown, to improve light conditions. REAR: ONE Holly (T3)(ht.6m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 2m from 6m to ht.4m, spread 1m from 3m to 2m. Reason: holly tree is crowded out, to increase light. REAR: ONE Goat Willow tree (T4)(ht.8m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 3m from 8m to ht.5m, spread by 2m from 5m to 3m. Reason: to manage within the garden, and increase light. Informative A: replacing T1 with a Lilac is greatly appreciated to maintain rear garden amenity, wildlife and shade 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 1 Jun 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 2 Aug 2026
Documents 8
Decision & officer reports 1
Statements & assessments 1
Plans & drawings 2
Site constraints 7
Show all 5 with distances
- 37 mSpire From Former Church of St Antholin (Now Between Two Facing Modern Terraces)Grade II
- 86 mHoly Trinity SchoolGrade II
- 106 mForest Hill Public LibraryGrade II
- 125 mLouise HouseGrade II
- 129 m104, Dartmouth Road Se26Grade II
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 £147,000 in June 1997. 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 November 2014, 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 4BY
- Received
- 27 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 1 May 2026
- Ward
- Forest Hill
- Parish
- Does NOT need to go to BCAP
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 12 Jun 2026
- Decision
- Raise No Objection
- Decision date
- 1 Jun 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- A.N. Rowland Ltd
How this decision compares
Decided in 31 days from validation, 6 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
No public comments yet.
Last counted 2 Aug 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14886831
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14886831
- Neighbours
- 5 May 2026
- Consultation
- 5 May 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 12 Jun 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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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