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DC/26/142533 - Trees in Conservation Areas Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

REAR: HEDGE ROW Conifer (H1)hedge reduce down to height of the trimmed area removing around 2.5-3.0m in height to form back into a formal hedgerow. Informative A: The sensitive management of the tree is greatly appreciated for landscape amenity, wildlife, wellbeing, and urban forest canopy for environmental benefits to mitigate the effects of climate change. Informative B: Wherever possible, please create habitat log piles in the garden from cut branches for wildlife and biodiversity. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
22 Dec 2025
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Validated
20 Jan 2026
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Approved
2 Feb 2026

Approved on 2 Feb 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Documents 6

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision notice Decision · 2 Feb 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF Sketch plan Case Copy Drawings · 5 Jan 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

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

Other documents 3

PDF Hedgerow tree photos Photographs · 5 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Reasons for work Case Copy Documents · 5 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Specification and photos Case Copy Documents · 5 Jan 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

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(3) 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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
Town centre: Forest Hill
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.
2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: The Capitol (formerly Capitol Cinema), Grade II, about 35 m from the postcode pin · 2 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 ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Lewisham built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 4 (good), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Air quality management area about 33 m away: Lewisham AQMA.
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, 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 3TT
Received
22 Dec 2025
Validated
20 Jan 2026
Ward
Forest Hill
Parish
Does NOT need to go to BCAP
Case officer
Show
Target decision
3 Mar 2026
Decision
Raise No Objection
Decision date
2 Feb 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Oxleas Tree Care

How this decision compares

Decided in 13 days from validation, 13 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 24 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14585035
Planning Portal ref
PP-14585035
Statutory expiry
3 Mar 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2023 Approved
ONE Tilia Europaea (T1)(17m)CROWN LIFT to 6m above ground. Reason: Crown lift over road a…
DC/23/133052
2021 Approved
REAR (no.2): ONE Leylandii (T1)(ht.6m,r.3m) REDUCE HEIGHT by 3m to ht.3m (to height of ad…
DC/21/123450
Within ~100m

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2025 Approved
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2025
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2016 Approved
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Lewisham
Planning Authority Score
5.8/10
Average
#111 of 296 councils
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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%).

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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