13 Liphook Crescent, London, SE23 3BN

DC/25/139407Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 7 April 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

REAR: ONE Lime (T1 in TPO)(ht.18m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 2m from 18m to 16m, REDUCE LATERAL SPREAD by 3m from 9m to 6m, CROWN THIN by 20%. Reason: The tree has a clustered, dense inner crown with crossed juvenile growth, over-extended branch growth on north compass creating an unbalance in the crown that is exposed to wind loading, tree to be reduced to form a more unified resilient shape, prune to suitable growth points in accordance with BS 3998:2010. The London Borough of Lewisham (Liphook Crescent/Canonbie Road) Tree Preservation Order 1973 Informative A: the sensitive maintenance works are greatly appreciated to retain the tree's stature as a significant amenity feature tree in no.13's rear garden, seen from Liphook Crescent, and from rear outlooks of properties on Liphook Crescent and Canonbie Road. The tree contributes to London's urban forest canopy providing environmental benefits and climate change mitigation. Informative B: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.

Received: 12 March 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Lewisham
Ward: Forest Hill

ReceivedReceived12 Mar
ValidatedValidated13 Mar
Consult.Consultation8 May
TargetTarget Date8 May
DecidedDecided7 Apr

Decided in 25 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 13 LIPHOOK CRESCENT, LONDON, SE23 3BN. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 4 weeks quicker than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 6 other applications 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 3BN
Application type: Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 13 March 2025
Last date for comments: 8 May 2025
Target decision date: 8 May 2025
Decision issued: 10 April 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13851417
Comments: 0
Documents: 0
Constraints: 3

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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© 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.

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2025
12 Mar
REAR: ONE Lime (T1 in TPO)(ht.18m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 2m from 18m to 16m, REDUCE LATERAL SPREAD by 3m…
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7 Mar
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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Lewisham

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