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3 Garlies Road, London, SE23 2RU

DC/25/138668Trees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 27 January 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

REAR: ONE Prunus tree (T1) ht 8.5m CROWN REDUCTION by 3m from 8.5 to 5.5m Radius by 1.5m from 4m to 2.5m on E compass point and 1m from 3m to 2m on the S & W compass points. REASON: Due to its close proximity to the house and risk of subsidence should the tree get larger; continuing to follow professional advice to prune every two years. This was last done in winter 2023. Informative A: The sensitive management of the tree 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
13 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Perry Vale
  1. Received13 Jan
  2. Validated13 Jan
  3. Consult.24 Feb
  4. Target24 Feb
  5. Decided27 Jan

Decided in 14 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 3 GARLIES ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2RU. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 14 days, 6 weeks quicker than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 116 applications across Perry Vale. We hold 2,610 applications in total for the SE23 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
SE23 2RU
Application type
Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Does NOT need to go to BCAP

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 January 2025
Last date for comments
24 February 2025
Target decision date
24 February 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13689785
Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
5

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: Perryfields
  • Article 4 direction: Perry Fields Article 4 Direction+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.

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2021
    19 Feb

    FRONT: TWO low pollard Lime (T2 and T3)(ht.6m) FELL. Reason: Clay shrinkage subsidence damage at subject…

    ApprovedTrees in Conservation AreasDC/21/120509
  2. 2021
    11 Jan

    REAR: ONE Prunus tree (T3) CROWN REDUCE height by 3m from 9m to 6m. REDUCE radius by 1m from 4 m to 3m on the…

    ApprovedTrees in Conservation AreasDC/21/119899
  3. 2009
    1 May

    Crown thin by 20% an Oak tree T51 at the rear of 3 Garlies Road, SE23.

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDC/09/071475
  4. 2009
    22 Apr

    The construction of a single storey extension to the side of 3 Garlies Road SE23, together with the…

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionDC/09/071397/FT
  5. 2009
    21 Apr

    Proposed single storey side extension and loft conversion to existing dwelling in the Perry Fields…

    WithdrawnConservation Area ConsentDC/09/071398

Source: Lewisham

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