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Forest Hill Secondary School, Dacres Road, London, SE232XN

DC/21/122025Dead & Hazardous TreesWithdrawn

Withdrawn on 9 June 2022

Council decision: Closed internallyDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

FRONT (Bampton Rd): THREE Horse Chestnut (G5)(ht.10-15m) LATERAL REDUCE, Remove deadwood. Reason: for 2m clearance to building, health & safety by footpath. FRONT (Bampton Rd): ONE Oak (T10)(ht.10-15m) MONOLITH to ht.3m. Reason: stem decay, crown dieback, health & safety by footpath & road. REAR (N boundary): ONE dead Sycamore (T13)(ht.5-10m) FELL. Reason: health & safety to residential garden REAR (adj Acorn Way): ONE Willow (T19)(ht.5m) FELL. Reason: unsuitable position in children's play area. REAR (adj Acorn Way): ONE Cherry (T20)(ht.5-10m) FELL. Reason: stem damage, crown dieback, health & safety in childrens play area. REAR (adj Acorn Way): ONE dead Oak (T21)(ht.5-10m) FELL. Reason: health & safety in childrens play area. FRONT (Dacres Rd): ONE Oak (T26)(ht.15-20m) FELL. Reason: severe decline, crown dieback, major deadwood, health & safety in childrens play area. FRONT (Mayow Rd): ONE Sycamore (T35)(ht.10-15m) Remove limb with dead bark. Reason: health & safety, overhanging neighbouring property. FRONT (Mayow Rd): ONE Lime (T38)(ht.5-10m) Remove basal epicormics. Reason: clearance to footpath.

Received
1 June 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Perry Vale
Agent
Aedas Architects Ltd
  1. Received1 Jun
  2. Validated1 Jun
  3. Consult.6 Jun
  4. Target6 Jun
  5. Decided9 Jun

Decided in 373 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Forest Hill Secondary School, Dacres Road, London, SE232XN. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 373 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications 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 2XN
Application type
Dead & Hazardous Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 June 2021
Last date for comments
6 June 2021
Target decision date
6 June 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Aedas Architects Ltd
Agent address
5 - 8 Hardwick Street, London, EC1R 4RG

Planning decision

Statutory period
5 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
3

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
  • 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

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