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13A Rockbourne Road, London, SE23 2DA

DC/20/119289Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 15 January 2021

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

REAR: ONE Yew (T1 ht.9m)(T44 in TPO) CROWN THIN by approx. 20%, CROWN LIFT by 1m to 3m above ground level. Reason: remove dead & crossing branches, promote air flow within canopy, clearance to play house and decking roof. Informative A: the careful maintenance of the yew is greatly appreciated for amenity and urban greening. Any additional vegetation such as establishing climbers on garden fencing and plants for pollinators will be hugely welcome for environmental and wildlife benefits. The London Borough of Lewisham (Rockbourne Road Area) Tree Preservation Order 1974

Received
23 November 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Perry Vale
  1. Received23 Nov
  2. Validated23 Nov
  3. Consult.18 Jan
  4. Target18 Jan
  5. Decided15 Jan

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 13A ROCKBOURNE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2DA. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 116 applications across Perry Vale. We hold 2,610 applications in total for the SE23 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
SE23 2DA
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 November 2020
Last date for comments
18 January 2021
Target decision date
18 January 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Twigged It Tree Care
Agent address
81 taymount grange taymount rise lo, taymount rise, london, se233uj

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08983814
Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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© 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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