DC/23/132465Planning Application DC/23/132465

Trees application at BLACKHEATH GDST HIGH SCHOOL, WEMYSS ROAD, LONDON, SE3 0TG, Lewisham. View planning documents, track the decision and get email alerts on updates.

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REAR: ONE London Plane (T37, TPO T10)(ht:20m,r.s.13m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 3m from 20m to 17m, REDUCE RADIUS by 3m from 13m to 10m. Reason: regular maintenance, tree to be reduced to previous reduction points. REAR: ONE London Plane (T40, TPO T13)(ht:18m, r.s.16m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 1m from 18m to 17m, REDUCE RADIUS by 3 from 16m to 13m. Reason: tree is in poor form. The London Borough of Lewisham (Montpelier Row) Tree Preservation Order, 1976. Informative A: the sensitive management of the trees is greatly appreciated to maintain the treed landscape setting of the school, Falconwood Court flats on Lynch Close to the rear, rear outlook of Wemyss Road properties, local landscape amenity, urban forest canopy, urban greening, well being, wildlife, environmental benefits to mitigate climate change and nature depletion. Informative B: please create habitat log piles for wildlife and biodiversity with arisings. Informative C: wherever space allows please enhance the school playground setting with additional understorey trees, shrubs, hedges, climbers, flower-rich perennials, bulbs and groundcover for amenity, insects and pollinators.

DC/23/132465

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BLACKHEATH GDST HIGH SCHOOL, WEMYSS ROAD, LONDON, SE3 0TG

SubmittedSubmitted23 Jul

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DecidedDecided28 Jul

8 weeks typical decision time in Lewisham99% of trees applications approved

This is a tree application at BLACKHEATH GDST HIGH SCHOOL, WEMYSS ROAD, LONDON, SE3 0TG. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 34 days. This one was decided in 5 days, 4 weeks quicker than Lewisham's median. 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 112 applications across Blackheath. We hold 830 applications in total for the SE3 postcode area.