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DC/26/144885 - Dead & Hazardous Trees Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

REAR: ONE Lime (T1)(approx.ht.18m) POLLARD to ht.12m. Reason: health & safety, extensive decay cavity in main leader. REAR: ONE Lime (T2)(approx.ht.18m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by approx.5-6m to ht.12-13m, LATERAL REDUCE by up to 5m, maintaining natural shape where possible. Reason: extensive decay at branch fork. The very urgent works are planned for 3 August 2026. Stems of T1 & T2 originate from same rootball, on raised ground boundary adjacent to no.3 Purelake Mews to the rear (off Marischal Road), decay issues hidden by extensive ivy growth, and discovered when crown lift undertaken re 6-wk notice DC/26/144402. Informative A: huge thank you for retaining the trees for rear amenity, wildlife, wellbeing, rainwater run-off mitigation and shade to reduce increasingly high and frequent heatwaves due to climate change. Informative B: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
29 Jul 2026
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Approved
3 Aug 2026

Approved on 3 Aug 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 9 Aug 2026

Documents 9

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision notice Decision · 3 Aug 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

IMG Sketch plan/tree location map Case Copy Drawings · 30 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 7

IMG T2 Tree photo Photographs · 30 Jul 2026 View ↗ IMG T2 Tree photo 2 Photographs · 30 Jul 2026 View ↗ IMG T1 Tree photo 3 Photographs · 30 Jul 2026 View ↗ IMG T1 t2 Tree photo 4 Photographs · 30 Jul 2026 View ↗ IMG T1 Tree photo 5 Photographs · 30 Jul 2026 View ↗ IMG T1 Tree photo 6 Photographs · 30 Jul 2026 View ↗ IMG T1 Tree photo 7 Photographs · 30 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 10

Belmont 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.
Council document ↗
Article 4 direction
Small HMO Northern Extension. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Air quality management area: Lewisham 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 ↗
2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 10-18, Belmont Hill Se13, Grade II, about 6 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II
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.
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Historic England ↗
Opportunity area
Where the London Plan expects significant growth.
Boundaries are indicative and the borough holds the detailed plan.
Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 1252 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel; Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Lewisham built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6b (excellent), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Town centre about 28 m away: Lewisham.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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 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
Dead & Hazardous Trees
Postcode
SE13 5BD
Received
29 Jul 2026
Validated
29 Jul 2026
Ward
Blackheath
Parish
Does NOT need to go to BCAP
Case officer
Show
Target decision
4 Aug 2026
Decision
Granted
Decision date
3 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Agent
Trees UK

How this decision compares

Decided in 5 days from validation, 20 days faster than Lewisham's median of 25 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.

98%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
613decided in the last year

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 9 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
4 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Approved
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2016 Approved
Frontage: ONE Elm and ONE Evergreen Oak FELL.
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Within ~100m

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2023 Approved
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2023
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Listed Building Consent for the installation of replacement window in the front elevation…
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2022 Approved
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Installation of electrically operated steel gates to the front boundary of 12 Belmont Hil…
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2022 Approved
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Alterations to existing dwelling house
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2021 Approved
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2021 Withdrawn
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2017 Approved
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2017 Approved
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2016 Approved
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Lewisham
Planning Authority Score
5.8/10
Average
#111 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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%).

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Lewisham decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
84%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #224 of 296
90%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #192 of 296
69%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #127 of 296
31%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #58 of 296
65%
Minor dwellings approved
117 decided (1-9 homes)
92%
Major dwellings approved
12 decided (10+ homes)
57%
Change of use approved
67 decided
1,303
Total decisions
207 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings