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172A Kirkdale, London, SE26 4NW

DC/24/138405Dead & Hazardous TreesApproved

Approved on 9 December 2024

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

FRONT: ONE Copper Beech (T60 in TPO)(ht.15m) FAILED TREE. Reason: tree failed in storm conditions weekend 17-18 August 2024 due to unidentified basal decay. Proposed replacement tree planting: ONE Fagus sylvatica 'purpurea', heavy standard 12-14cm girth approx. 3.5 ? 4.5m, location 1-2m west of original location (ie set back from front garden boundary). The London Borough of Lewisham (Jews Walk and Kirkdale) Tree Preservation Order 1973. Informative: duty to replace applies ? the proposed replacement planting is greatly appreciated, maintenance to include watering regime - hydration sac refilled 13x/yr ? (fortnightly beg April-end Sept) for 5yrs.

Received
9 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sydenham
  1. Received9 Dec
  2. Validated9 Dec
  3. Consult.13 Dec
  4. Target13 Dec
  5. Decided9 Dec

Decided in 0 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 172A KIRKDALE, LONDON, SE26 4NW. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. 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 4NW
Application type
Dead & Hazardous Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 December 2024
Last date for comments
13 December 2024
Target decision date
13 December 2024
Decision issued
12 December 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
county tree surgeons

Planning decision

Statutory period
4 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
2
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: Jews Walk
  • 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2024
    9 Dec

    FRONT: ONE Copper Beech (T60 in TPO)(ht.15m) FAILED TREE. Reason: tree failed in storm conditions weekend…

    This applicationApprovedTreesDC/24/138405
  2. 2024
    5 Sep

    FRONT: ONE Elm (ht.9m)(5967): LATERAL REDUCE by approx.3m from 7m to 4m over-extended branches over front…

    ApprovedTrees in Conservation AreasRelatedDC/24/137313

Source: Lewisham

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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