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DC/25/140425 - Trees in Conservation Areas Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

REAR: ONE Ginkgo, not Honey locust (T2)(ht.15m) FELL. Reason: to combat subsidence damage to 106 Wood Vale (see also DC/25/140418 to fell same rear Ginkgo). Informative A: to encourage planting a smaller species replacement tree in the rear garden for amenity, wildlife and shade to reduce high temperatures in increasingly hot summers due to the changing climate, suggested species: crab apple, elder, hazel, alder buckthorn, quince (Cydonia oblonga) medlar, mulberry, pear, magnolia. Informative B: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity. Informative C: the programme of level monitoring is welcomed, and encouraged to continue to assess if the structural issues stabilise after the removal of the rear Ginkgo (T2). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
11 Jun 2025
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Validated
12 Jun 2025
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Consultation
1 Jul 2025
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Approved
21 Jul 2025

Approved on 21 Jul 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 20 Oct 2026

Documents 6

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision notice Decision · 23 Jul 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF Including tree location plan Arb assessment report Case Copy Documents · 11 Jun 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF Site sketch plan Case Copy Drawings · 11 Jun 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Redacted Application form Application Form · 11 Jun 2025 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF Engineering appraisal report Case Copy Documents · 11 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF Site notes and photos of damage Photographs · 11 Jun 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 9

Forest Hill 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
Small HMO Northern Extension · Forest Hill Article 4 Direction. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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: Crofton Park and Honor Oak Park Air Quality Management Area
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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Registered park or garden about 222 m away: Horniman Gardens; Inside the Lewisham built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 1b (very poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Metropolitan Open Land about 50 m away; Tree preservation order about 29 m away: 83 Wood Vale.
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, 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
SE23 3ED
Received
11 Jun 2025
Validated
12 Jun 2025
Ward
Forest Hill
Case officer
Show
Target decision
24 Jul 2025
Decision
Raise No Objection
Decision date
21 Jul 2025
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 39 days from validation, 13 days slower 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
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 20 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14090317
Planning Portal ref
PP-14090317
Neighbours
1 Jul 2025
Consultation
1 Jul 2025
Statutory expiry
24 Jul 2025
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2022 Approved
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2018 Approved
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DC/18/108384
2016 Withdrawn
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16/OB/0015
2016 Approved
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DC/16/095680
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Lewisham
Planning Authority Score
5.8/10
Average
#111 of 296 councils
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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
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