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14 Princethorpe Road, London, SE26 4PF

DC/24/136096Trees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 29 July 2024

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

FRONT: ONE Weeping Fig/Birch (T1)(ht.7.5m) FELL. Reason: The tree is overgrown and excludes light to the property, very close to the council street tree, previous no objection to fell has lapsed ref DC/19/113265. REAR: ONE Eucalyptus (T2)(ht.18m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 8m from 18m to ht.10m. Reason: Repeat maintenance to reduce to previous reduction points, to retain the tree in garden setting. REAR: ONE Holly (T3) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 3m from 10m to ht.7m, CROWN REDUCE RADIUS by 1m from 4m to 3m on all compass points. Reason: Repeat maintenance to retain the tree in the garden setting. REAR: ONE Yew (T4) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 2m from 9m to ht.7m, CROWN REDUCE RADIUS by 2m from 7m to 5m on all compass points Reason: Repeat maintenance to retain the tree in the garden setting. REAR: ONE Plum (T5) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 2m from 9m to ht.7m. Reason: Repeat maintenance to retain the tree in the garden setting. REAR: ONE Conifer (T6)(ht. 2.5m) FELL. Reason: Tree is in poor condition, to replacement with new shrubs. Diameter of trunk is approx.6cm. Informative A: thank you for maintaining well vegetated gardens and planting replacement shrubs.

Received
22 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sydenham
  1. Received22 May
  2. Validated1 Jul
  3. Consult.12 Aug
  4. Target12 Aug
  5. Decided29 Jul

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 14 PRINCETHORPE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4PF. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 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 112 applications across Sydenham. We hold 2,166 applications in total for the SE26 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
SE26 4PF
Application type
Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 July 2024
Neighbour consultation start
2 July 2024
Last date for comments
12 August 2024
Target decision date
12 August 2024
Decision issued
31 July 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
3

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: Sydenham Thorpes
  • Article 4 direction: Small HMO Northern Extension+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.

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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