71 London Road, London, SE23 3TY
Proposal
FRONT: ONE Lime tree (9831) REPOLLARD to previous points by 12m from 18m to 6m. REASON: Pollarded in past due to large stem cavity at 2 to 4m South aspect with exposed hollowing ascending further up stem to unknown height. Wound partially occluded and localised decay in remaining residual wall. - Following findings from a tree survey. TPO DC24/136145 London road 67-99 & the Park, Park Hill
- Received
- 5 March 2025
- Decided
- 15 April 2025 · Closed internally
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Lewisham
- Ward
- Forest Hill
- ReceivedSubmitted5 Mar
- ValidatedValidated19 Mar
- Consult.Consultation14 May
- TargetTarget Date14 May
- DecidedDecided15 Apr
Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)
This is a tree application at 71 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3TY. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 34 days. This one was decided in 41 days, 7 days longer than Lewisham's median. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 196 applications across Forest Hill. We hold 2,594 applications in total for the SE23 postcode area.
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Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Forest Hill
- Article 4 direction: Forest Hill Article 4(3) 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.
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© 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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
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