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62 Wood Vale, London, SE23 3ED

DC/25/139161Trees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 24 March 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

REAR: TWO Plum (T1,T2)(ht.6m) FELL. Reason: The trees are showing signs of dieback in the canopy, symptomatic of poor vitality. It is felt that although a crown reduction will help keep green cover it will not be a good long-term solution. They should be removed to allow two more prunus trees to be planted. Informative A: The proposed replacement trees are hugely appreciated, other suitable species to compliment the Horniman Nature Trail on the disused treed rail line to the rear are such as crab apple, bird cherry, alder buckthorn, elder, goat willow, wild cherry, Tibetan cherry, paperbark maple, pear, Quince, hawthorn, whitebeam. Informative B: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.

Received
25 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Forest Hill
  1. Received25 Feb
  2. Validated26 Feb
  3. Consult.9 Apr
  4. Target9 Apr
  5. Decided24 Mar

Decided in 26 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 62 WOOD VALE, LONDON, SE23 3ED. 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 has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 181 applications across Forest Hill. 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 3ED
Application type
Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 February 2025
Neighbour consultation start
4 March 2025
Last date for comments
9 April 2025
Target decision date
9 April 2025
Decision issued
26 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Amber Tree Care
Agent address
8 Surrey Mount, Forest Hill, London, SE23 3PF

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13805926
Comments
0
Documents
6
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: Forest Hill
  • Article 4 direction: Forest Hill 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.

Source: Lewisham

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