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Flat 2, 40A Sydenham Road, London, SE26 5QF

DC/21/120616Tree Preservation OrderWithdrawn

Withdrawn on 16 April 2021

Council decision: Closed internallyDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

REAR: ONE multi-stemmed Tree of Heaven (T1,ht.8-10m) FELL. Reason: poor condition, close to buildings.

Received
25 February 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sydenham
  1. Received25 Feb
  2. Validated25 Feb
  3. Consult.22 Apr
  4. Target22 Apr
  5. Decided16 Apr

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at FLAT 2, 40A SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5QF. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 50 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 112 applications across Sydenham. 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 5QF
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 February 2021
Neighbour consultation start
30 March 2021
Last date for comments
22 April 2021
Target decision date
22 April 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Trees Uk
Agent address
Longfield Cottage, Nash Lane, Keston, BR2 6AP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
6

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+1 more
  • 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.

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

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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