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Ragwort Court, Lawrie Park Gardens, London, SE26 6HW

DC/24/136988Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 14 March 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

SIDE: ONE Holly (0053nt, TPO T12)(ht.6m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by approx.1m to ht.5m. Reason: clearance to building on W compass. CENTRAL: ONE Yew (0066nt, TPO T23)(ht.11m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 2-3m from 11m to 8-9m, REDUCE RADIUS by 2-3m from 9m to 6-7m on all compass points. Reason: General maintenance, previously crown reduced. CENTRAL: ONE Monkey Puzzle (0076nt, TPO T35)(ht.8m) CROWN LIFT to 2.5m above ground level. Reason: clearance for access drive and lamp. CENTRAL: ONE Oak (0073nt, TPO T29)(ht.19m, spread 14m) LATERAL REDUCE by 2-3m from 14m to 11-12m on W compass. Reason: Lateral prune for clearance from building. The London Borough of Lewisham, 10 and 14 Lawrie Park Gardens, SE26 6HW Tree Preservation Order 1973 Informative A: the sensitive works to maintain the treed character of the site, for streetscape amenity and green boundary screening with adjacent property is greatly appreciated. Informative B: please create habitat log piles with some arisings for wildlife and biodiversity. Informative C: the four other trees: elder (0071nt), Laurus (0078nt), Hazel (0051nt), Prunus (0068nt) are not within the TPO and work to these trees does not require prior consent from the council.

Received
2 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sydenham
  1. Received2 Aug
  2. Validated10 Mar
  3. Consult.5 May
  4. Target5 May
  5. Decided14 Mar

Decided in 4 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at RAGWORT COURT, LAWRIE PARK GARDENS, LONDON, SE26 6HW. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 224 days, 24 weeks longer 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 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 6HW
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 March 2025
Last date for comments
5 May 2025
Target decision date
5 May 2025
Decision issued
21 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Connick Tree Care
Agent address
New Pond Farm, Woodhatch Road, Reigate, RH2 7QH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13302247
Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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

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