9 Orchard Drive, London, SE3 0QP
Approved on 3 February 2025
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
REAR: TWO Lombardy Poplar (G002)(ht.23m) HEIGHT REDUCE by 11.5m from 23m to ht.11.5m, to previous reduction points, as red line on marked photo, remove large hanging branch, remove ivy. Reason: health & safety, trees very close to new rear extension at 10 Eliot Vale (ref DC/24/138096), height reduction pruning advised by Oakland Tree Care. REAR: ONE Lombardy Poplar (T003)(ht.7.5m) FELL. Reason: tree is dead, duty to replace applies ? see informative A. REAR: ONE Lombardy Poplar (T004)(ht.17m) remove ivy, exempt works. Informative A: duty to replace the dead tree (T003) applies ? species such as crab apple, wild service tree, whitebeam, strawberry tree, holly, medlar, wild cherry, mulberry, Magnolia Kobus, Laburnum, Judas tree, Tibetan cherry, paperbark maple, yew. Informative B: encourage leaving a high stump of dead tree (T003) and create habitat log piles with some arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.
- Received
- 7 January 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Lewisham
- Ward
- Blackheath
- ReceivedReceived7 Jan
- ValidatedValidated7 Jan
- Consult.Consultation18 Feb
- TargetTarget Date18 Feb
- DecidedDecided3 Feb
Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 9 ORCHARD DRIVE, LONDON, SE3 0QP. 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, 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 0QP
- Application type
- Trees in Conservation Areas
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Does NOT need to go to BCAP
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 January 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 14 January 2025
- Last date for comments
- 18 February 2025
- Target decision date
- 18 February 2025
- Decision issued
- 6 February 2025
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
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.
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Source: Lewisham
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