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Flat 6, The Firs, 44-46 Lawrie Park Gardens, London, SE26 6XN

DC/21/122306Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 19 August 2021

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

FRONT SIDE: ONE Horse Chestnut (T1 in TPO)(ht.14m) remove the lowest branch at approx.4m above ground level over the drive of no 48, reduce the length of the three lowest branches growing towards the front elevation of adjacent property no.48 by approximately 2 metres. Reason: to provide clearance to adjacent property and driveway at no.48. FRONT: ONE Sycamore (T2 in TPO) Remove deadwood FRONT: ONE Ash (T3 in TPO) Remove deadwood FRONT: ONE Bay (T4 in TPO)(ht.8m) remove the lowest eight minor branches over the pavement, remove the lowest secondary stem over the grassed area growing towards the front elevation from the multi-stemmed bay. Reason: to provide clearance to pavement and frontage of no.44-46. FRONT: ONE Ash (T5 in TPO) Remove deadwood. FRONT: ONE Ash (T6 in TPO)(ht.14m) reduce the length of branch growing towards front elevation by 1-1.5 metres. Reason: to provide clearance from building. FRONT: ONE Sycamore (T7)(ht.14m) CROWN LIFT to approx.5m above ground level over the road and pavement and balance low growth over the front grassed area. Reason: to provide highway clearance for pedestrians and vehicular traffic. FRONT: ONE Hawthorn (T8 in TPO)(ht.8-9m) cut back mature ivy covering the hawthorn. Reason: to give clearance to pavement for pedestrians. The London Borough of Lewisham, The Firs 44-46 Lawrie Park Gardens, London SE26 Tree Preservation Order, 2005.

Received
18 June 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sydenham
  1. Received18 Jun
  2. Validated6 Jul
  3. Consult.31 Aug
  4. Target31 Aug
  5. Decided19 Aug

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at FLAT 6, THE FIRS, 44-46 LAWRIE PARK GARDENS, LONDON, SE26 6XN. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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 6XN
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Does NOT need to go to BCAP

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 July 2021
Last date for comments
31 August 2021
Target decision date
31 August 2021
Decision issued
9 September 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
9
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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Source: Lewisham

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