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140 Tressillian Road, London, SE4 1XX

DC/24/138549Trees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 29 January 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

FRONT: ONE Ceanothus (T1)(ht.2m) FELL. Reason: overhangs the pavement and blocks passage by pedestrians, has become top heavy and likely to be susceptible to breaking in higher winds.FRONT: ONE Yucca (T2)(ht.4m) FELL. Reason:close to building, a large crack runs from near the base of the Yucca down through the retaining wall, evidence to suggest damage to the retaining wall and steps from the root system, there is visible historic movement to the concrete steps down from the garden to basement entrance. Informatives: replacement small shrub or perennial plants are encouraged for urban greening amenity and plants for pollinators.

Received
23 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ladywell
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated24 Dec
  3. Consult.4 Feb
  4. Target4 Feb
  5. Decided29 Jan

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 140 TRESSILLIAN ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1XX. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 3 weeks quicker 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 169 applications across Ladywell. 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 1XX
Application type
Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 December 2024
Neighbour consultation start
7 January 2025
Last date for comments
4 February 2025
Target decision date
4 February 2025

Planning decision

Case officer
Valerie Harris
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
0
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

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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