Horniman Museum And Gardens, 100 London Road, London, SE23 3PQ

DC/20/117713Trees in Conservation AreasPermitted

Proposal

REAR: ONE Oak (T1)(approx.ht.15m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 4-5m and REDUCE RADIUS by 2-3m on all compass points. Reason: multiple woodpecker holes in main stem at 6m. Reduction will lessen the load on the potential failure point and retain the tree for amenity and biodiversity REAR: THREE Sycamore (G1)(approx.ht.16m) FELL. Close proximity to 8 Wood Vale, heavily encroaching rear gardens, removal will give adjacent sycamores set back from the site boundary within the Horniman Gardens Nature Trail, space to mature fully.

Received: 29 July 2020
Decided: 4 September 2020 · Raise No Objection
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Lewisham
Ward: Forest Hill

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

ReceivedSubmitted29 Jul
ValidatedValidated29 Jul
Consult.Consultation9 Sep
TargetTarget Date9 Sep
DecidedDecided4 Sep

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Lewisham100% of trees applications approved

This is a tree application at HORNIMAN MUSEUM AND GARDENS, 100 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3PQ. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 34 days. This one was decided in 37 days, 3 days longer than Lewisham's median. The site is in a conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 12 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 196 applications across Forest Hill. We hold 2,595 applications in total for the SE23 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference

DC/20/117713

Address

HORNIMAN MUSEUM AND GARDENS, 100 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3PQ

Postcode

SE23 3PQ

Local Authority

Lewisham

Application Type

Trees in Conservation Areas

Scale / Size

Small

Decision Status

Permitted

Current Status

Registered

Ward

Forest Hill

Parish

Does NOT need to go to BCAP

Applicant & Agent

Applicant Address

3 Church Cottages, Slines Oak Road, Woldingham, CR3 7BJ

Planning Application Dates

Date Received

29 July 2020

Target Decision Date

9 September 2020

Date Decided

4 September 2020

Date Validated

29 July 2020

Date Submitted

29 July 2020

Neighbour Consultation Start

26 August 2020

Last Date for Comments

9 September 2020

Decision Issued

10 September 2020

Planning Decision

Decision

Raise No Objection

Decided By

Delegated

Statutory Period

42 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Comments

Documents

Constraints

Coordinates

51.441130, -0.060737

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Lewisham

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Associated applications

2020
29 Jul
REAR: ONE Oak (T1)(approx.ht.15m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 4-5m and REDUCE RADIUS by 2-3m on all compass…
This applicationApprovedTreesDC/20/117713
2020
29 Jul
REAR: ONE Sycamore (T2)(approx.ht.15m) FELL. Reason: Brittle Cinder fungus (Kretzschmaria deusta) at base of…
ApprovedDead & Hazardous TreesFiled alongsideDC/20/118052

Planning history at this site

11 other applications at this property, newest first.

Planning constraints

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

Conservation area: Forest Hill
Listed building: Forecourt Railings Walls and Piers to Horniman Museum London Road Se23 CatfordOn or next to this site · +1 more
Article 4 direction: Small HMO Northern Extension
Registered park and garden: Horniman Gardens
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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.

© 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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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