34 Benson Road, London, SE23 3RJ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
REAR:ONE Pear (T1)(ht 10) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by2 m to 8m from 10m. LATERAL REDUCTION by 2m from 9m to 7m. Reason:Routine maintenance. ONE Yew (T2)(ht 10) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by2 m to 8m from 10m. LATERAL REDUCTION by 2m from 9m to 7m. Reason: improve light conditions. Informative A: The sensitive management of the trees 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
Application progress
Approved on 20 Oct 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 14 Oct 2026
Documents 7
Decision & officer reports 1
Statements & assessments 1
Plans & drawings 2
Application forms 1
Site constraints 6
Checked on 2 November 2026. 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 £985,000 in August 2022. Semi-detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in December 2021, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Lewisham
- Application type
- Trees in Conservation Areas
- Postcode
- SE23 3RJ
- Received
- 2 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 3 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Forest Hill
- Parish
- Does NOT need to go to BCAP
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 14 Nov 2025
- Decision
- Raise No Objection
- Decision date
- 20 Oct 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated
- Agent
- Amber Tree Care
How this decision compares
Decided in 17 days from validation, 9 days faster than Lewisham's median of 26 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.
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 14 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14379204
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14379204
- Statutory expiry
- 14 Nov 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
26 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
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Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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