51 Southbrook Road, London, SE12 8LJ Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/145394 - Trees in Conservation Areas Registered
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

REAR: TWO Hawthorn (T1,T2) (ht.5m) FELL. REAR: ONE Leylandii (T3) (ht.3m) FELL. REAR: ONE Hazel Coppice (T4) (ht.4m) FELL. REAR: ONE Apple (T6) (ht.5m) FELL. REASON: The resident is undergoing an extensive garden re-design. REPLANTING PROPOSAL: replace with 13 new trees: 3x Crab apple 'Red Sentinel' 1x Multi-stem Silver Birch, 3x Acer palmatum 'Sango-kaku', 1x Fig tree, 3x Olive tree, 1x Pleached apple tree, 1x Magnolia stellata. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
14 Sept 2026
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Validated
5 Oct 2026
✓
Consultation
6 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 16 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 1 Nov 2026, from Lewisham's recent tree and landscaping works.

Documents 7

Statements & assessments 1

IMG Statement of works Case Copy Documents · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

IMG Sketch plan Case Copy Drawings · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Redacted Application form Application Form · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗

Other documents 4

IMG T2 hawthorn Tree photo 4 Photographs · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗ IMG T5 apple tree Tree photo 2 Photographs · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗ IMG T1 hawthorn Tree photo 3 Photographs · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗ IMG T4 hazel Tree photo 4 Photographs · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Lee Manor 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 · Lee Manor Article 4(2) 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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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: 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
Inside the Lewisham built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 2 (poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Priority habitat about 42 m away: Deciduous woodland; Designated open space about 43 m away.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 7 October 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 1

Last sold for £630,000 in May 2010. Terraced house, freehold.

26 May 2010£630,000

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
SE12 8LJ
Received
14 Sept 2026
Validated
5 Oct 2026
Ward
Lee Green
Parish
Does NOT need to go to BCAP
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Nov 2026
Applicant
Show

Decision outlook

Day 4 of the 56-day target. Lewisham usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 27.

Day 452 days to the 56-day target
98%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
456decided 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 7 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15225325
Planning Portal ref
PP-15225325
Neighbours
6 Oct 2026
Consultation
6 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
16 Nov 2026
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

2025 Approved
REAR: ONE Silver Birch (T1)(ht.11m, spread 4m) FELL. Reason: tree is dead and colonised b…
DC/25/141969
2022 Approved
FRONT: ONE Lime (T1)(ht.5m) FELL. Reason: pollard lime has died - no leaves produced duri…
DC/22/129719
2020 Approved
FRONT: ONE Common Lime (T8) POLLARDING back to previous pollarded points REAR: TWO Hawtho…
DC/20/117070
2016 Approved
Rear garden: T1-T2, 2 X Hawthorn 30% reduction due to shading. T3-Fell Pear due to moveme…
DC/16/096119
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2025 Approved
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2024 Approved
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2024 Withdrawn
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2024 Approved
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2024 Approved
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FRONT: ONE Large Magnolia tree (T1) CROWN REDUCTION by 1.5m from 7m to 5.5m and LATERAL R…
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2023 Approved
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DC/23/133823
2023 Approved
42 SOUTHBROOK ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8LL
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2023 Approved
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2023 Approved
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2023 Refused
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2022 Approved
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Construction of a single storey rear extension at 50 Southbrook Road, SE12.
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2022 Approved
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DC/22/129139
2022 Refused
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Construction of a first floor side extension on top of the existing garage structure at 6…
DC/22/128141
2022 Approved
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2022 Approved
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The construction of an outbuilding to the rear of the garden at 50 Southbrook Road, SE12.
DC/22/126089
2017 Approved
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2016 Approved
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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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.