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DC/25/141152 - Trees in Conservation Areas Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

REAR: Group of FIVE Birch (TG1)(ht.7-9m) CROWN REDUCE HIGHT by 2m to ht.5-7m, REDUCE SPREAD by 1m from 4m to 3m, CROWN THIN by 15% (maximum). Reason: routine maintenance FRONT: ONE Birch (T2)(ht.7-8m) FELL. Reason: overcrowding, to retain smaller adjacent birch. Informative A: thank you for retaining trees for amenity, wildlife, environmental benefits and shade to reduce high temperatures in increasingly hot summers due to climate change. Informative B: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
15 Aug 2025
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Validated
18 Aug 2025
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Consultation
3 Sept 2025
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Approved
22 Sept 2025

Approved on 22 Sept 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 13 Oct 2026

Documents 6

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision notice Decision · 27 Sept 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF Statement of works Case Copy Documents · 18 Aug 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

IMG Sketch plan Case Copy Drawings · 18 Aug 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Redacted Application form Application Form · 18 Aug 2025 View ↗

Other documents 2

IMG Tg1 Tree photo Photographs · 18 Aug 2025 View ↗ IMG T2 Tree photo 2 Photographs · 18 Aug 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

Brockley 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
Brockley Conservation Area · 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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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 ↗
Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 1341 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel; Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Lewisham 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
SE4 1LW
Received
15 Aug 2025
Validated
18 Aug 2025
Ward
Brockley
Parish
Does NOT need to go to BCAP
Case officer
Show
Target decision
29 Sept 2025
Decision
Raise No Objection
Decision date
22 Sept 2025
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Foxy Arboriculture Ltd

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 13 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14260011
Planning Portal ref
PP-14260011
Neighbours
3 Sept 2025
Consultation
3 Sept 2025
Statutory expiry
29 Sept 2025
Env. assessment
No

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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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