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6B Thornsbeach Road, London, SE6 1DX

DC/24/136048Trees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 12 July 2024

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

REAR: ONE Pear Tree (T1)(ht.7m) FELL. Reason: pear tree has died, part of the ongoing general maintenance of their garden. Duty to replace applies, see informative below.REAR: TWO Damson (T2,T3) remove deadwood (exempt work). Reason: general maintenance to maintain the health of the trees.Informative A: duty to replace applies: the landowner has a duty to plant a replacement tree when a tree in a conservation area is removed because it is dead, or presents an immediate risk of serious harm, para 121 Tree Preservation Orders and trees in conservation areas, government guidance 6 March 2014. Informative B: suggested replacement tree species: pear, quince (Cydonia oblonga), Amelanchier, hazel, hawthorn, crab apple, Tibetan cherry, cherry plum, Cornus Kousa, bird cherry, Medlar, Magnolia, Harlequin Glorybower (Clerododendrum trichotomum), Mulberry, winter flowering cherry (Prunus autumnalis), Seven-son tree (Heptacodium miconioides), wayfaring tree, Persian Silk tree (Albizia julibrissin), Cape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica), whitebeam. Informative C: please leave safe standing dead stem or high stump and create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.

Received
20 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Catford South
  1. Received20 May
  2. Validated20 Jun
  3. Consult.1 Aug
  4. Target1 Aug
  5. Decided12 Jul

Decided in 22 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 6B THORNSBEACH ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1DX. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 154 applications across Catford South. We hold 1,059 applications in total for the SE6 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
SE6 1DX
Application type
Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 June 2024
Neighbour consultation start
20 June 2024
Last date for comments
1 August 2024
Target decision date
1 August 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13080294
Comments
0
Documents
10
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: Culverley Green
  • Article 4 direction: Culverley Green Article 4 Direction+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.

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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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Source: Lewisham

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