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DC/25/141860 - Trees in Conservation Areas Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

REAR: ONE Robinia 'Frisia' (T1)(ht.12m) FELL. Reason: has extensive decay to main stem and is sending out suckers all over the lawn. These are woody and thorny. Client has a 2 year old - the suckers make using the small lawn impossible. The garden is scheduled to be landscaped after Robinia removal and a replacement tree is to be planted. Informative A: the replacement tree is hugely appreciated and welcomed to contribute to linear green infrastructure amenity between Lock Chase and Lee Park to the rear and for wildlife and shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change, suggested species such as: crab apple, pear, quince (Cydonia oblonga), Judas Tree (Cercis siliquastrum), Honey locust (Gleditsia), mulberry, Magnolia Kobus, Tibetan cherry, Paperbark maple, Snowdrop tree (Halesia carolina), Amelanchier, the Bee-bee tree (Tetradium daniellii), Harlequin Glorybower (Clerodendrum trichotomum), Strawberry tree, bird cherry, elder, goat willow. Informative B: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity. Informative C: new tree planting is encouraged wherever space allows. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
20 Oct 2025
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Validated
29 Oct 2025
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Consultation
4 Nov 2025
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Approved
24 Nov 2025

Approved on 24 Nov 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 14 Oct 2026

Documents 6

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision notice Decision · 28 Nov 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF Reason for works statement Case Copy Documents · 20 Oct 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 2

IMG Tree location map Case Copy Drawings · 20 Oct 2025 View ↗ IMG Tree location map Case Copy Drawings · 20 Oct 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Redacted Application form Application Form · 20 Oct 2025 View ↗

Other documents 1

IMG Tree image 1 Photographs · 20 Oct 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

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.
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 ↗
5 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 123-133, Lee Park Se3, Grade II, about 41 m from the postcode pin · 5 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
Radon affected area, class 2; National infrastructure project about 1939 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel; 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
SE3 9HB
Received
20 Oct 2025
Validated
29 Oct 2025
Ward
Blackheath
Parish
Does NOT need to go to BCAP
Case officer
Show
Target decision
10 Dec 2025
Decision
Raise No Objection
Decision date
24 Nov 2025
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
MJ TREE SERVICES LONDON LIMITED

How this decision compares

Decided in 26 days from validation, about the council's usual 26 days. 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 14 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14420262
Planning Portal ref
PP-14420262
Neighbours
4 Nov 2025
Consultation
4 Nov 2025
Statutory expiry
10 Dec 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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