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14 Harefield Road, London, SE4 1LR

DC/23/132390Trees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 25 August 2023

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

REAR: ONE Ash (T1)(ht:3m): FELL to ground level; Reason: Tree is starting to damage the fence and will start to damage the shed, other trees are nearby. Informative 1: Where possible and safe, the retention of safe standing dead timber and creation of log and wood piles is welcomed/strongly encouraged for wildlife habitat, to mitigate the biodiversity crisis and to provide habitat for the nationally endangered stag beetle. Informative 2: It would greatly be appreciated for applicant to maintain an urban green garden by planting a replacement small tree/shrub such as Malus or similar.

Received
19 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Brockley
  1. Received19 Jul
  2. Validated1 Aug
  3. Consult.12 Sep
  4. Target12 Sep
  5. Decided25 Aug

Decided in 24 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 14 HAREFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1LR. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 3 weeks quicker than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 145 applications across Brockley. We hold 647 applications in total for the SE4 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
SE4 1LR
Application type
Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 August 2023
Neighbour consultation start
4 August 2023
Last date for comments
12 September 2023
Target decision date
12 September 2023
Decision issued
29 August 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12324111
Comments
0
Documents
6
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.

  • Conservation area: Brockley
  • Article 4 direction: Brockley Conservation Area+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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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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