142B Devonshire Road, London, SE23 3SZ
Approved on 10 May 2021
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
REAR: ONE Hawthorn (T1)(ht.7m,r.2-3.5m) REDUCE HEIGHT by 2.8m from 6.9m to 4.1m, REDUCE RADIUS to 1.7m on all compass points (from: 3.5m N, 2.1m S, 3.1m E, 2.8m W). Reason: routine maintenance.REAR: GROUP Apple, Pear, Plum (G1) FELL. Reason: the group of trees is badly damaged and in an inconvenient location.Informative: as the rear garden backs onto the Devonshire Road Nature Reserve, replacement tree, shrub and hedge planting is encouraged for urban greening: for amenity, wildlife, environmental and climate change benefits. Species such as hawthorn, crab apple, cherry plum, mulberry, whitebeam, wild service tree, hazel, holly, spindle, dogwood, guelder rose, dog rose, Amelanchier, witch hazel, Ceanothus arboreus, Prunus autumnalis
- Received
- 24 March 2021
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Lewisham
- Ward
- Forest Hill
- ReceivedReceived24 Mar
- ValidatedValidated24 Mar
- Consult.Consultation5 May
- TargetTarget Date5 May
- DecidedDecided10 May
Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 142B DEVONSHIRE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3SZ. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 181 applications across Forest Hill. 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 3SZ
- Application type
- Trees in Conservation Areas
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 March 2021
- Neighbour consultation start
- 1 April 2021
- Last date for comments
- 5 May 2021
- Target decision date
- 5 May 2021
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Foxy Arboriculture
- Agent address
- 28, Boveney Road, LONDON, SE23 3NN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Forest Hill
- Article 4 direction: Forest Hill Article 4(3) 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.
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Source: Lewisham
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