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13A Pond Road, London, SE3 0SL

DC/24/137253Trees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 27 September 2024

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

REAR ONE Cherry tree(T1)CROWN THIN by 20%. REDUCE CROWN SPREAD by 1.5m from 6m to 4.5m on all compass points. Reason: General Maintenance and to shape. TWO Cherry tree(T2 & T5)CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 1m from 6m to 5m, REDUCE RADIUS by 1m from 6m to 5m on all compass points. Reason: General Maintenance ONE Apple tree(T3)CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 0.5m from 4m to 3.5m, REDUCE RADIUS by 0.5m from 4m to 3.5m on all compass points. Reason: General Maintenance ONE Apple tree(T4)CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 1m from 5m to 4m, REDUCE RADIUS by 1m from 6m to 5m on all compass points, CROWN THIN by 20% by removing suckers. Reason: General Maintenance ONE Cherry tree(T6)CROWN LIFT to 2m above ground. CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 1m from 5m to 4m, REDUCE RADIUS by 1m from 5m to 4m on all compass points. Reason: General Maintenance and light Access. Informative A: The sensitive management of the trees 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
30 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Blackheath
Agent
Keith Archers Tree Care Ltd
  1. Received30 Aug
  2. Validated10 Sep
  3. Consult.22 Oct
  4. Target22 Oct
  5. Decided27 Sep

Decided in 17 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 13A POND ROAD, LONDON, SE3 0SL. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 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 1,346 applications in total for the SE3 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
SE3 0SL
Application type
Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 September 2024
Last date for comments
22 October 2024
Target decision date
22 October 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Keith Archers Tree Care Ltd
Agent address
154 Lodge Lane, Grays, RM16 2TS

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13371501
Comments
0
Documents
12
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: Blackheath
  • 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 (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

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