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28 Gaynesford Road, London, SE23 2UQ

DC/21/120495Trees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 1 April 2021

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

FRONT: ONE Magnolia (T1,ht.6m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by approx.1-2m from 6m to approx.4-5m to previous prune points. Reason: to maintain within the garden setting, prevent potential damage to property and retain streetscape amenity. REAR: ONE Dead Cherry (T2,ht.4-5m) FELL. Reason: the tree is dead, duty to replace applies. Informative: Duty to replace cherry T2 - the owner has a duty to plant another tree of an appropriate size and species as soon as he or she reasonably can if a tree in a conservation area is removed because it is dead. The replacement tree will be greatly appreciated for tree canopy cover and environmental benefits. Informative: create log piles for biodiversity and wildlife habitat and retain safe standing deadwood or stumps where possible for habitat for the nationally endangered stag beetle which has a stronghold in SE London.

Received
18 February 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Perry Vale
  1. Received18 Feb
  2. Validated23 Mar
  3. Consult.4 May
  4. Target4 May
  5. Decided1 Apr

Decided in 9 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 28 GAYNESFORD ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2UQ. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 2UQ
Application type
Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 March 2021
Neighbour consultation start
14 April 2021
Last date for comments
4 May 2021
Target decision date
4 May 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
4
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: 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.

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

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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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