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81 Lee Road, Lewisham, London, SE3 9EN

23/4082/TCTree works in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 24 January 2024

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

T1 ? first Yew tree - growing on the RHS To lift to 2m over the footpath and 6m over the road To remove the 4 lower limbs back to trunk Shrubs growing on the LHS To prune back to clear driveway T2 ? second Yew tree - on the RHS, closer to the house To clear branches to make space on the driveway in T3 - Laurel - on the LHS To remove branch growing over the driveway To cut back remaining branches growing towards the house T4 - Thorn - on the RHS To clear branches growing over the driveway T5 - Laburnum - on LHS To fell to as a low as possible above existing ground level T6 - wisteria - LHS To prune back off house shutter on first floor Shrubs x2 - RHS near front door To fell to as a low as possible above existing ground level

Received
22 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
BLACKHEATH WESTCOMBE
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated28 Dec
  3. Consult.18 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Jan

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 81 LEE ROAD, LEWISHAM, LONDON, SE3 9EN. Greenwich has handled 506 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 3 weeks quicker than Greenwich's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 304 applications across BLACKHEATH WESTCOMBE. We hold 1,346 applications in total for the SE3 postcode area.

97% of trees applications at Royal Borough of Greenwich were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SE3 9EN
Application type
Tree works in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Greenwich

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 December 2023
Consultation expiry
18 January 2024
Consultation start
28 December 2023
Consultation end
18 January 2024
Neighbour consultation end
18 January 2024
Last date for comments
7 February 2024
Decision issued
6 February 2024

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
18 January 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12696711
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Blackheath
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Greenwich

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