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Goldie Leigh Hospital Site, Lodge Hill, London, SE2 0AS

24/2930/TCTree works in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 11 October 2024

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Requesting the removal of four self set scrub trees possibly lime currently in the middle of the proposed pond creation area. Four trees ranging in size from 20cm circumference to 40cm circumference and 8-10 mtrs in height. Currently two of the four trees are dead and the proposal is for the wood to remain on site and be used for the creation of hibernacula for amphibians and invertebrates.

Received
11 September 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
ABBEY WOOD
  1. Received11 Sep
  2. Validated16 Sep
  3. Consult.7 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Oct

Decided in 25 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at GOLDIE LEIGH HOSPITAL SITE, LODGE HILL, LONDON, SE2 0AS. Greenwich has handled 506 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 4 weeks quicker than Greenwich's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 112 applications across ABBEY WOOD. We hold 455 applications in total for the SE2 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
SE2 0AS
Application type
Tree works in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Woolwich & Thamesmead

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 September 2024
Consultation expiry
7 October 2024
Consultation start
16 September 2024
Consultation end
7 October 2024
Neighbour consultation end
7 October 2024
Last date for comments
28 October 2024
Decision issued
28 October 2024

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
7 October 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13318088
Documents
7
Constraints
2

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: Goldie Leigh Hospital
  • 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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