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31 Halifax Street, London, SE26 6JA

DC/21/120729Trees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 16 April 2021

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

REAR: ONE Apple (T1)(ht.6-8m) FELL. Reason: eradication of Japanese knotweed from the garden and the tree roots compromise the efficacy of this process.Informative: the retention of the mature apple tree would be greatly appreciated if the Japanese Knotweed eradication can be undertaken without the need for its removal as the tree is appreciated locally for rear amenity and wildlife benefits for birds and pollinators. If the tree has to be felled, please retain lying felled timber and log plies for wildlife habitat and biodiversity, and a replacement small tree, shrubs and or boundary climbers for urban greening environmental benefits would be greatly appreciated.

Received
8 March 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Forest Hill
  1. Received8 Mar
  2. Validated8 Mar
  3. Consult.19 Apr
  4. Target19 Apr
  5. Decided16 Apr

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 31 HALIFAX STREET, LONDON, SE26 6JA. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 6JA
Application type
Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Does NOT need to go to BCAP

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 March 2021
Neighbour consultation start
6 April 2021
Last date for comments
19 April 2021
Target decision date
19 April 2021
Decision issued
20 April 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Respect your Elders
Agent address
31a Grange Road, London, SE25 6TH

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
3
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: Halifax
  • Article 4 direction: Halifax Street Article 4 Direction+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

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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