8 Cobbsthorpe Villas, Queensthorpe Road, London, SE26 4PL Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
REAR: ONE Norway maple tree (T1) CROWN REDUCTION by 1.5m from 3m to 1.5m to previous pruning points leaving 1.5m REASON: To retain small canopy for small urban garden Informative A: The sensitive management of the tree is greatly appreciated for landscape amenity, wildlife, wellbeing, and urban forest canopy for environmental benefits to mitigate the effects of climate change. Informative B: Wherever possible, please create habitat log piles in the garden from cut branches for wildlife and biodiversity. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 24 Nov 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 8 Oct 2026
Documents 5
Decision & officer reports 1
Plans & drawings 1
Application forms 1
Site constraints 7
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, 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 2
Last sold for £350,000 in February 2007. Terraced house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
- Council
- Lewisham
- Application type
- Trees in Conservation Areas
- Postcode
- SE26 4PL
- Received
- 10 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 10 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Sydenham
- Parish
- Does NOT need to go to BCAP
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 22 Dec 2025
- Decision
- Raise No Objection
- Decision date
- 24 Nov 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Top Notch Tree Care Ltd
How this decision compares
Decided in 14 days from validation, 12 days faster 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 8 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14475588
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14475588
- Statutory expiry
- 22 Dec 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
28 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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