4 Sydenham Park Road, London, SE26 4ED
Approved on 9 September 2020
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
REAR: TWO Ash trees (A, B) CROWN REDUCTION by 4m from 14m to 10m ONE Cherry tree (C) CROWN REDUCTION by 2m from 10m to 8m ONE Oak tree (D) CROWN REDUCTION by 3m from 11m to 8m
- Received
- 6 August 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Lewisham
- Ward
- Forest Hill
- ReceivedReceived6 Aug
- ValidatedValidated29 Aug
- Consult.Consultation10 Oct
- TargetTarget Date10 Oct
- DecidedDecided9 Sep
Decided in 11 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 4 SYDENHAM PARK ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4ED. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 3 weeks quicker than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 181 applications across Forest Hill. We hold 2,166 applications in total for the SE26 postcode area.
100% of trees applications at London Borough of Lewisham were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- SE26 4ED
- Application type
- Trees in Conservation Areas
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Does NOT need to go to BCAP
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 August 2020
- Last date for comments
- 10 October 2020
- Target decision date
- 10 October 2020
- Decision issued
- 14 September 2020
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Sydenham Park
- Article 4 direction: Small HMO Northern Extension
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
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.
Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20157 Sep
Fell this self seeded, Ash Tree (T1)- This tree is growing on the boundary wall, undermining the structure of…
WithdrawnTrees in Conservation AreasDC/15/093611 - 201512 Aug
Application for a vehicle crossover and retention of the front boundary wall (retrospective) at 4 Sydenham…
ApprovedFull Planning PermissionDC/15/093322 - 201513 Feb
Rear Garden of 4 Sydenham Park Road: To pollard T2 'Mature Pear tree' to help re-enstate it as a fruit tree…
ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDC/15/090972 - 201227 Jan
4 Sydenham Park Road, London, SE26 4ED.Rear Garden - ONE Lime (T1 on the submitted plan) Crown Reduce 50%…
WithdrawnTrees in Conservation AreasDC/12/79317
Source: Lewisham
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