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Proposal
FRONT: ONE Ash (5521) (T4 in TPO) RE-POLLARD HEIGHT by approx.8m from 18m to ht.10m, REDUCE SPREAD by 11m from 16m to 5m to secondary historic pollard points. Reason: following results of climbing inspection. Heavily weighted re-grown pollard limbs over high target areas. Proposed work to manage crown size and risk to highway. The London Borough of Lewisham (London Road) Tree Preservation Order 1973 Informative A: the sensitive management of the tree's condition is greatly appreciated for landscape amenity beside the A205 to reduce air pollution, for wildlife, wellbeing, and urban forest canopy for environmental benefits to mitigate the effects of climate change. Informative B: please create habitat log piles from cut branches for wildlife and biodiversity. Informative C: where space allows, please plant new frontage trees for mixed age of tree stock to maintain long-term treed amenity setting to the flats and A205. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 9 Feb 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 3 Oct 2026
Documents 7
Decision & officer reports 1
Plans & drawings 2
Application forms 1
Site constraints 7
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Important details
- Council
- Lewisham
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Postcode
- SE23 3TY
- Received
- 23 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 23 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Forest Hill
- Parish
- Does NOT need to go to BCAP
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 17 Feb 2026
- Decision
- Granted
- Decision date
- 9 Feb 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Connick Tree Care
How this decision compares
Decided in 48 days from validation, 22 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 3 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14586729
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14586729
- Statutory expiry
- 17 Feb 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
26 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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