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DC/26/145353 - Trees in Conservation Areas Approved

Proposal

ONE Willow tree (T1) HEIGHT REDUCTION by 4m from 8m to 4m and LATERAL REDUCTION by 4m from 5m to 1m Reasons: Structural pollard. Routine maintenance to provide light to surrounding gardens and for the health and safety of the trees. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
11 Sept 2026
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Approved
16 Sept 2026

Approved on 16 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 17 Sept 2026

Site constraints 5

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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 ↗
Also on the record
Local nature reserve about 319 m away: Nunhead Cemetery; Conservation area about 59 m away: Telegraph Hill; Inside the Lewisham built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 17 September 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 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
SE4 2EJ
Received
11 Sept 2026
Validated
11 Sept 2026
Ward
Telegraph Hill
Case officer
Show
Decision
Raise No Objection
Decision date
16 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Arbortech Tree Services

How this decision compares

Decided in 5 days from validation, 21 days faster than Lewisham's median of 26 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.

98%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
425decided 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 17 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15198534
Env. assessment
No
Lewisham
Planning Authority Score
5.8/10
Average
#111 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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