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14 Sydenham Park Road, London, SE26 4ED

DC/20/119223Trees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 18 December 2020

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

REAR: ONE Holly (T1) CROWN REDUCE height by 2m from 7m to 5m, reduce lateral spread by 1m from 5m to 4m. REAR: ONE Ash (T2) CROWN REDUCE height by 3m from 10m to 7m, reduce lateral spread by 3m from 10m to 7m. CROWN LIFT to 3m above ground level. REAR: ONE Ash (T3) CROWN REDUCE height by 3m from 10m to 7m, reduce lateral spread by 3m from 10m to 7m. CROWN LIFT to 3m above ground level. REAR: ONE Ash (T4)(ht.10m) FELL. Reason: self-set, leaning stem, dominated by larger mature trees, causing issues for boundary fence and nearby structures. REAR: ONE Holly (T5) CROWN REDUCE height by 2m from 7m to 5m and reduce lateral spread by 1m from 5m to 4m. FRONT: ONE Magnolia (T6) CROWN REDUCE height by 1m from 5m to 4m, reduce lateral spread by 1m from 5m to 4m. Reason: Crown reductions to previous reduction points are repeat routine maintenance for garden setting and improve light conditions

Received
17 November 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Forest Hill
  1. Received17 Nov
  2. Validated17 Nov
  3. Consult.29 Dec
  4. Target29 Dec
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 31 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 14 SYDENHAM PARK ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4ED. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 4 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

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 November 2020
Neighbour consultation start
25 November 2020
Last date for comments
29 December 2020
Target decision date
29 December 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
Amber Tree Care
Agent address
8 Surrey Mount, Forest Hill, London, SE23 3PF

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09260635
Comments
0
Documents
10
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: 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.

Source: Lewisham

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