The Red House, 9 Gaynesford Road, London, SE23 2UQ
Proposal
REAR: FOUR Pollard London Plane (T1-T4)(T28,T30,T32,T34 in TPO)(ht.10m) FELL and replace REAR: ONE Sycamore (T9,ht.12m) FELL. Not within TPO . Reason: contributing to subsidence issues at Hamilton Hall and causing direct damage to the boundary wall London Borough of Lewisham (The Red House, 9 Gaynesford Road) Tree Preservation Order 1983 Informative: TPO reqirement to plant replacement trees applies: suggest a mix from NHBC low water demand species - Honey locust (Gleditsia), mulberry, holly, hazel, Laburnum, magnolia, birch - to maintain rear screening between the properties and for environmental, urban greening and climate change benefits. Informative: retain lying timber and log piles where convenient for biodiversity and wildlife habitat.
- Received
- 18 December 2020
- Decided
- 5 February 2021 · Granted
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- London Borough of Lewisham
- Ward
- Perry Vale
- ReceivedSubmitted18 Dec
- ValidatedValidated18 Dec
- Consult.Consultation12 Feb
- TargetTarget Date12 Feb
- DecidedDecided5 Feb
Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)
This is a tree application at THE RED HOUSE, 9 GAYNESFORD ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2UQ. 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 49 days, 2 weeks longer than Lewisham's median. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Perry Vale. We hold 2,594 applications in total for the SE23 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20167 Dec
Five London Plane (Within the Order T28, T30, T32, T34 and T36) Fell and Grind Out their Stumps.1993…
ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDC/16/099445 - 201613 Jun
Details of external lighting submitted in compliance with Condition 9 of the planning permission (DC/14/90104
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/16/097065
Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Perry Vale and Christmas Estate
- Article 4 direction: Perry Vale and Christmas Estate Conservation Area+1 more
- 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.
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