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DC/26/144056 - Trees in Conservation Areas Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

ONE Birch (T1) HEIGHT REDUCTION by 3m in branch length, LATERALS by 1m all round in branch length Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
18 May 2026
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Approved
22 Jun 2026

Approved on 22 Jun 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 2 Aug 2026

Documents 5

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision notice Decision · 22 Jun 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

IMG Sketch of tree location Case Copy Drawings · 19 May 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Redacted Application form Application Form · 19 May 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

IMG Photo of tree Photographs · 19 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Reason for work Case Copy Documents · 19 May 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 11

Blackheath 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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
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: Greenwich 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 ↗
Town centre: Blackheath
A designated centre in the London Plan.
Shops, services and active frontages are protected in centres, and main town centre uses are steered here first.
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
10 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Radon affected area, class 2; National infrastructure project about 1974 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel; Inside the Greenwich built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 3 (moderate), 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 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, 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
SE3 0DH
Received
18 May 2026
Validated
18 May 2026
Ward
Blackheath
Case officer
Show
Target decision
29 Jun 2026
Decision
Raise No Objection
Decision date
22 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
BM Arboriculture

How this decision compares

Decided in 35 days from validation, 9 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 2 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14899519
Planning Portal ref
PP-14899519
Statutory expiry
29 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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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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