Flat 1, Bank Buildings, 239a Lewisham Way, London, SE4 1XT Data via plota.co.uk

DC/25/140496 - Dead & Hazardous Trees Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

REAR SIDE (Friendly St): ONE Lombardy Poplar (T3)(ht.13m) FELL. Reason: health & safety, tree in raised planter adjacent Friendly Street, during crown reduction and ivy removal (ref DC/25/139679) two cavities and large established root rot Ganoderma brackets up to 40cm across discovered at the base of the tree, instability and movement in the upper tree. Replacement tree planting proposed in the raised planter. Duty to replace applies. Informative A: the replacement tree under duty to replace, is greatly appreciated for streetscape amenity, wildlife habitat and environmental benefits, species to be selected from crab apple, quince (Cydonia oblonga), hawthorn, Orange Bark Myrtle (Myrtus apiculate, M.Luma), paperbark maple. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
17 Jun 2025
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Validated
18 Jun 2025
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Approved
23 Jun 2025

Approved on 23 Jun 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 19 Oct 2026

Documents 9

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision notice Decision · 23 Jun 2025 View ↗

Other documents 8

IMG Tree image 1 Photographs · 23 Jun 2025 View ↗ IMG Tree image 2 Photographs · 23 Jun 2025 View ↗ IMG Tree image 3 Photographs · 23 Jun 2025 View ↗ IMG Tree image 4 Photographs · 23 Jun 2025 View ↗ IMG Tree image 5 Photographs · 23 Jun 2025 View ↗ IMG Tree image 6 Photographs · 23 Jun 2025 View ↗ IMG Tree image 7 Photographs · 23 Jun 2025 View ↗ IMG Tree image 8 Photographs · 23 Jun 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 10

St Johns 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 ↗
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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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 ↗
7 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Former Barclay's Bank, Grade II, about 3 m from the postcode pin · 7 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
National infrastructure project about 580 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is about 580 m from the project boundary. Waste water treatment, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: London Strategic Heat Main Project (at pre-application, about 1200 m).
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Opportunity area
Where the London Plan expects significant growth.
Boundaries are indicative and the borough holds the detailed plan.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Lewisham built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 5 (very good), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Designated open space about 33 m away.
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
Dead & Hazardous Trees
Postcode
SE4 1XT
Received
17 Jun 2025
Validated
18 Jun 2025
Ward
Brockley
Case officer
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Target decision
24 Jun 2025
Decision
Granted
Decision date
23 Jun 2025
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Treecare Ltd

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
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 19 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-13919733
Planning Portal ref
PP-13919733
Statutory expiry
24 Jun 2025
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
FRONT (Lewisham Way): ONE Liquidambar (T1)(ht.9m) CROWN HEIGHT REDUCE by 2.5-3m from 9m t…
DC/25/139679
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2021 Approved
2 FRIENDLY STREET, LONDON, SE8 4DT
REAR: ONE Bird Cherry (T1)(ht.5m,r.3m) LATERAL REDUCE by 1m to r.2m on all laterals. Reas…
DC/21/124270
2021 Approved
26 FRIENDLY STREET, LONDON, SE8 4DT
REAR (Allotments): ONE Eucalyptus (T1)(ht.13m) FELL. Reason: close to the rear of no 26…
DC/21/123273
2019 Approved
FLAT 2, BANK BUILDINGS, 239A LEWISHAM WAY, LONDON, SE4 1XT
REAR: ONE Lombardy Poplar (T1) RE-POLLARD to previous pollard points by height reduction…
DC/19/112437
2017 Approved
6 FRIENDLY STREET, LONDON, SE8 4DT
Rear: ONE Robinia (T1) CROWN REDUCE Ht by approx. 2-3m, from 10m to approx. 7m and LATERA…
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2017 Approved
6 FRIENDLY STREET, LONDON, SE8 4DT
Rear: ONE Robinia REMOVAL OF DEAD BRANCHES
DC/17/103095
Lewisham
Planning Authority Score
5.8/10
Average
#111 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder 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%).

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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings