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26 Belmont Park, London, SE13 5BJ

DC/24/134904Trees 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

TWO Multi-stemmed Hazel tree (T9276) POLLARDING to 3m above ground level ONE Horse Chestnut tree (T0264) Lateral Reduction to clear lamp by 1.5m and CROWN LIFT to 2.5m above ground level ONE Horse Chestnut tree (T0070) Remove epicormic growth to 3m above ground level Informative A: The sensitive management of the trees is greatly appreciated for landscape amenity, wildlife, wellbeing, and urban forest canopy for environmental benefits to mitigate the effects of climate change. Informative B: Please create habitat log piles in the garden from cut branches for wildlife and biodiversity.

Received
16 February 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Blackheath
Agent
CGM Group
  1. Received16 Feb
  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 26 BELMONT PARK, LONDON, SE13 5BJ. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 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 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 5BJ
Application type
Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Does NOT need to go to BCAP

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 February 2024
Last date for comments
3 April 2024
Target decision date
3 April 2024
Decision issued
28 March 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
CGM Group
Agent address
Reed House, Karoo Close, Bexwell Business Park, Downham Market, PE38 9GA

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12814210
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

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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