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52 Bishopsthorpe Road, London, SE26 4PA

DC/24/137797Trees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 11 November 2024

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

FRONT: ONE False Acacia (T1) HEIGHT REDUCTION by 3m from 7m to 4m & CROWN REDUCTION by 3m from 4.5m to 1.5m ONE False Acacia (T2) POLLARDING back to previous pollarded points, HEIGHT REDUCTION by 3m from 8.5m to 5.5m & CROWN REDUCTION by 3m from 5m to 2m ONE Box Elder (T3) Remove deadwood and pollard to crown break - to improve overall health of tree and encourage a more dense crown. REAR: ONE Fig (T5) HEIGHT REDUCTION by 0.7m from 2.5m to 1.8m & CROWN REDUCTION by 0.6m from 2m to 1.4m ONE Elder Monolith (T6) HEIGHT REDUCTION by 2m from 4m to 2m. Self-seeded, extremely close to house and fence. Little to no crown spread. ONE Apple (T7) HEIGHT REDUCTION by 0.5m from 4.5m to 4m, CROWN REDUCTION by 1m from 3m to 2m & CUT BACK from building by 2m. Extremely close to house, blocking sunlight. 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
15 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sydenham
Agent
Foxy Arboriculture Ltd
  1. Received15 Oct
  2. Validated15 Oct
  3. Consult.26 Nov
  4. Target26 Nov
  5. Decided11 Nov

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 52 BISHOPSTHORPE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4PA. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications 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 4PA
Application type
Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 October 2024
Last date for comments
26 November 2024
Target decision date
26 November 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Foxy Arboriculture Ltd
Agent address
28, Boveney Road, LONDON, SE23 3NN

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13487425
Comments
0
Documents
11
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

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