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Westgate Court, 145 Burnt Ash Hill, London, SE12 0AW

DC/23/130475Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 28 April 2023

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

FRONT: ONE Sycamore (T6/LSE0361)(ht:9m): FELL and replace. Reason: Tree in decline with limited potential. The London Borough of Lewisham (Burnt Ash Hill/Winn Road/Guibal Road) Tree Preservation Order 1975. Informative A: the replacement tree detailed in agent email 21.4.23, is greatly appreciated to maintain frontage amenity setting of Westgate Court, for streetscape amenity, wildlife and environmental benefits. Replacement species selected from: sycamore, Elm (Ulmus 'New Horizon'), small leaved lime, field maple, wild cherry. Informative B: the removal of ivy is exempt works and rear trees are not within the TPO: FRONT: ONE Sycamore (T3/LSE0358)(ht:10m): Sever Ivy from the base by 2m (exempt works). FRONT: ONE Sycamore (T4/LSE0359)(ht:11m): Sever Ivy from the base by 2m (exempt works). FRONT: ONE Sycamore (T5/LSE0360)(ht:10m): Sever Ivy from the base by 2m (exempt works). REAR: ONE English Oak (T1/LSE0354)(ht:15m): Sever Ivy by 3m (exempt works). REAR: ONE Sycamore (T2/LSE0355)(ht:16m): RE-POLLARD back to original points as upper crown showing decline.

Received
22 February 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Grove Park
Agent
Vegetation Management Services Limited
  1. Received22 Feb
  2. Validated13 Mar
  3. Consult.8 May
  4. Target8 May
  5. Decided28 Apr

Decided in 46 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at WESTGATE COURT, 145 BURNT ASH HILL, LONDON, SE12 0AW. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 9 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 81 applications across Grove Park. We hold 524 applications in total for the SE12 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
SE12 0AW
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 March 2023
Neighbour consultation start
17 March 2023
Last date for comments
8 May 2023
Target decision date
8 May 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Vegetation Management Services Limited
Agent address
VMS Ltd, Tingdene Bradfield Road, Finedon Road Industrial Estate, Wellingborough, NN8 4HB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11908046
Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
4

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 Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4
  • 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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