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DC/25/140762 - Trees in Conservation Areas Closed internally
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

REAR ONE Turkey Oak (Quercus Cerris)(T3)(Ht. 4m)FELL to ground. Reason: This is due to the high water demand nature, implications on foundations for proposed development at 69a Harefield Road, disruptions to residents due to extensive ground works if the tree was to remain and potential impacts to the existing structure at 71 Harefield Road. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
9 Jul 2025
✓
Validated
10 Jul 2025
✓
Consultation
15 Jul 2025
Decision
Target date was 21 Aug 2025

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 6 Nov 2026; it is now day 484.

Documents 5

Statements & assessments 2

PDF Reasons for work statement Case Copy Documents · 10 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Tree survey & constraints plan Case Copy Documents · 10 Jul 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF Sketch plan Case Copy Documents · 10 Jul 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Redacted Application form Application Form · 10 Jul 2025 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF G332 Tree photos Photographs · 10 Jul 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 9

Brockley 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 ↗
2 Article 4 directions
Brockley Conservation Area · 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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
Archaeological priority area
An assessment or field evaluation may be asked for before ground works.
The council or Historic England considers archaeology likely here. A desk-based assessment, and sometimes trial trenching, can be asked for with the application.
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
National infrastructure project about 1277 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel; Radon affected area, class 2; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Lewisham built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 2 (poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 1 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, 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
Trees in Conservation Areas
Postcode
SE4 1LU
Received
9 Jul 2025
Validated
10 Jul 2025
Ward
Brockley
Case officer
Show
Target decision
21 Aug 2025
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Gruff Architects

Decision outlook

Day 484, past the statutory target. 99% of tree and landscaping works in Lewisham are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 3 Nov 2026.

Day 484428 days past the 56-day target
98%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
614decided 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 3 Nov 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14163074
Planning Portal ref
PP-14163074
Neighbours
15 Jul 2025
Consultation
15 Jul 2025
Statutory expiry
21 Aug 2025
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings