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14 Church Terrace, London, SE13 5BT

DC/24/135593Trees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 23 May 2024

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

REAR (right hand boundary): ONE Mimosa (T1)(ht.13m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 1m from 13m to ht.12m, REDUCE LATERALS by 1m from 8m to 7m. Reason general maintenance. REAR (in adj no.13): ONE Dead Damson (T2)(ht.5m) REDUCE DEAD STEM to boundary, approx.fence height. Reasons: General maintenance. Duty to replace applies. Informative A: the sensitive management of the mimosa is greatly appreciated for rear amenity and urban forest canopy. Informative B: 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. Informative C: suggested replacement tree species for the dead damson: Amelanchier, hazel, Quince (Cydonia oblonga), Cherry plum, medlar, crab apple, Cornus mas, Witch hazel, Chimonanthus praecox, wayfaring tree, holly, winter flowering cherry (Prunus autumnalis), Cornus Kousa, Magnolia liliiflora nigra, Seven-son tree, (Heptacodium miconioides), Harlequin Glorybower (Clerodendrum trichotomum), Cornus controversa, Cornus capitata, Japanese Snowbell (Styrax japonicus).

Received
15 April 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Blackheath
  1. Received15 Apr
  2. Validated15 Apr
  3. Consult.27 May
  4. Target27 May
  5. Decided23 May

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 14 CHURCH TERRACE, LONDON, SE13 5BT. 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, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 167 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 5BT
Application type
Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Does NOT need to go to BCAP

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 April 2024
Neighbour consultation start
30 April 2024
Last date for comments
27 May 2024
Target decision date
27 May 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Trees Uk
Agent address
Longfield Cottage, Nash Lane, Keston, BR2 6AP

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12980624
Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
5

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
  • Listed building: Grade II: 11-16, Church Terrace Se13On or next to this site
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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.

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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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Lewisham

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