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Christ The King College, Belmont Grove, London, SE13 5GE

DC/24/134553Trees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 25 March 2024

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

REAR: ONE Mountain Ash (T6 )(ht.4.5m) FELL. Reason: the tree has died. Duty to replace applies. FRONT: GROUP Leyland Cypress (TG8)(ht.13.5m) CROWN LIFT to 5m above ground level. Reason: to provide clearance. REAR: ONE Cherry (T14)(ht.8m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 2m to 6m, REDUCE RADIUS to 4m Reason: maintenance. Informative A: the replacement tree planting in the college grounds is greatly appreciated for college setting, students' education and urban forest canopy. Informative B: replacement tree species for the dead Mountain ash (T6) such as crab apple, pear, hawthorn, Tibetan cherry, Amelanchier, cherry plum, hazel, Cornus Kousa, bird cherry, Medlar, paperbark maple, quince, wayfaring tree, Persian Silk tree (Albizia julibrissin); ref. the landowner has a duty to plant a replacement tree when a tree in a conservation area is removed because it is dead, para 121 Tree Preservation Orders and trees in conservation areas, government guidance 6 March 2014.

Received
19 January 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Blackheath
  1. Received19 Jan
  2. Validated21 Feb
  3. Consult.3 Apr
  4. Target3 Apr
  5. Decided25 Mar

Decided in 33 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at CHRIST THE KING COLLEGE, BELMONT GROVE, LONDON, SE13 5GE. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 10 days longer 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 166 applications across Blackheath. We hold 980 applications in total for the SE13 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
SE13 5GE
Application type
Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 February 2024
Neighbour consultation start
22 February 2024
Last date for comments
3 April 2024
Target decision date
3 April 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Connick Tree Care
Agent address
New Pond Farm, Woodhatch Road, Reigate, RH2 7QH

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12745487
Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
6

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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