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3 Oakcroft Road, London, SE13 7ED

DC/25/139179Trees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 15 April 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

FRONT: ONE Sycamore (T1)(ht.8m) FELL. Reason: The apical stem of this self-seeded tree has been removed in the past and now the tree is unmanageable and giving this corner of the garden a sense of enclosure. FRONT: ONE Holly (T2)(ht.9m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 3m from 9m to 6m, REDUCE SPREAD by 1m from 6m to 5m to create boundary hedge effect. Reason: routine maintenance. FRONT: ONE Bay tree (T3)(ht.6m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 3m from 6m to 3m, REDUCE SPREAD by 1m from 3m to 2m. Reason: routine maintenance. FRONT: ONE HOLLY (T4)(ht.6m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 2m from 6m to 4m REDUCE SPREAD by 2m from 6m to 4m keeping Pyramid shape intact. Reason: routine maintenance. Informative A: a replacement small/ medium tree for (T1) is encouraged for streetscape amenity, suggested species such as crab apple, wayfaring tree, Magnolia, quince (Cydonia oblonga), Amelanchier, Orange-barked Myrtle (Myrtus apiculate), Seven-son tree, (Heptacodium miconioides), pear, mulberry, medlar and hedge shrubs for boundary screening to the rear garden. Informative B: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.

Received
26 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Blackheath
  1. Received26 Feb
  2. Validated20 Mar
  3. Consult.1 May
  4. Target1 May
  5. Decided15 Apr

Decided in 26 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 3 OAKCROFT ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7ED. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days 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 167 applications across Blackheath. We hold 980 applications in total for the SE13 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
SE13 7ED
Application type
Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Does NOT need to go to BCAP

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 March 2025
Last date for comments
1 May 2025
Target decision date
1 May 2025
Decision issued
17 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Alan Brignall
Agent address
48 Harland Road, Lee, London, SE12 0JA

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13808616
Comments
0
Documents
9
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: 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.

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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