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Blackheath Gdst High School, Wemyss Road, London, SE3 0TG

DC/23/131265Trees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 19 May 2023

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

REAR: ONE Sycamore (T1)(ht.20m) CROWN LIFT to 6m above ground level on S compass point. Reason: to improve light conditions for neighbouring property, located in Blackheath High Junior School, 4 lower branches overhang the neighbours rear garden causing excessive shading. Informative A: the sensitive management of the tree is greatly appreciated to maintain linear green infrastructure and landscape amenity between the school and Falconwood Court, treed rear setting for the school and adjacent Wemyss Road properties, urban forest canopy to mitigate climate change, wellbeing, wildlife and environmental benefits. Informative B: please create habitat log piles for wildlife and biodiversity with arisings.

Received
25 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Blackheath
Agent
Fenn's Tree Care Ltd
  1. Received25 Apr
  2. Validated16 May
  3. Consult.27 Jun
  4. Target27 Jun
  5. Decided19 May

Decided in 3 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at BLACKHEATH GDST HIGH SCHOOL, WEMYSS ROAD, LONDON, SE3 0TG. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 5 weeks quicker than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 167 applications across Blackheath. We hold 1,346 applications in total for the SE3 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
SE3 0TG
Application type
Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 May 2023
Last date for comments
27 June 2023
Target decision date
27 June 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Fenn's Tree Care Ltd
Agent address
10 Southview Close, Swanley, BR8 8BP

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12116284
Comments
0
Documents
6
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.

  • Conservation area: Blackheath
  • 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 (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

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