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3 Ray Bell Court, Wickham Mews, London, SE4 1PS

DC/24/136194Trees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 21 June 2024

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

ONE Silver Birch tree (T1)CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 2m from 11m to 9m, REDUCE LATERAL SPREAD by 2m from 9m to 7m on all compass points. Reason: Reduction to shape canopy, pruning to suitable points and maintaining natural aesthetic. Work undertaken to improve light conditions for the owner and cut back to give clearance from the building to prevent future issues.. The tree will tolerate the pruning as outlined above. Informative A: The sensitive management of the tree is greatly appreciated for landscape amenity, wildlife, wellbeing, and urban forest canopy for environmental benefits to mitigate the effects of climate change. Informative B: Wherever possible, please create habitat log piles in the garden from cut branches for wildlife and biodiversity.

Received
29 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Brockley
  1. Received29 May
  2. Validated30 May
  3. Consult.11 Jul
  4. Target11 Jul
  5. Decided21 Jun

Decided in 22 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 3 RAY BELL COURT, WICKHAM MEWS, LONDON, SE4 1PS. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 5 weeks quicker than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 142 applications across Brockley. We hold 647 applications in total for the SE4 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
SE4 1PS
Application type
Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 May 2024
Last date for comments
11 July 2024
Target decision date
11 July 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Amber Tree Care
Agent address
8 Surrey Mount, Forest Hill, London, SE23 3PF

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13109312
Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
4

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: Brockley
  • Article 4 direction: Brockley Conservation Area+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

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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.

© 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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