23 Garlies Road, London, SE23 2RU
Proposal
FRONT: ONE Large Laurel hedge(T1)(ht.3m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 0.6m from 3m to 2.4m, LATERAL REDUCE by 1m from 2.5m to 1.5m on SE AND NW compass points. Reason: general maintenance and to cut back from pavement. FRONT: ONE Hoheria shrub (T2)(ht.2m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 0.5m from 2m to 1.5m, LATERAL REDUCE by 0.5m from 1.5m to 1m on all compass points. Reason: general maintenance. REAR: ONE Bay tree (T3)(ht.2.5m) FELL. Reason: to improve sunlight into the back garden, 3 other bay trees will remain. REAR: ONE Pear tree(T4)(ht.7m) CROWN THIN by 20%. Reason: To improve sunlight into the back garden. Informative A: thank you for maintaining green, vegetated front and rear gardens for amenity, wildlife and environmental benefits. Informative B: please create habitat log piles with arisings from bay T3 for wildlife and biodiversity.
- Received
- 1 May 2025
- Decided
- 3 July 2025 · Raise No Objection
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Lewisham
- Ward
- Perry Vale
- ReceivedSubmitted1 May
- ValidatedValidated6 Jun
- Consult.Consultation18 Jul
- TargetTarget Date18 Jul
- DecidedDecided3 Jul
Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)
This is a tree application at 23 GARLIES ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2RU. 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 63 days, 4 weeks longer than Lewisham's median. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Perry Vale. We hold 2,595 applications in total for the SE23 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202617 Aug
REAR: FOUR Leyland Cypress trees (TG1) Ht 8m, Spreads 3.0-4.0m FELL to ground level REASON: Compl...
ApprovedApplicationDC/26/145082 - 202626 Jun
The construction of a new side extension and fenestration changes to the rear ground floor at 23 ...
ApprovedHouseholderDC/26/144517 - 202516 Oct
Replacement of existing single-glazed windows with double-glazed timber sash windows at 23 Garlies Road SE23.
ApprovedHouseholderDC/25/141831 - 201610 Jun
Rear Garden: T1-Pear (Pyrus communis) Thin by 20%. T2-Goat Willow (Salix caprea) Re-pollard. G1-(Group)…
ApprovedTrees in Conservation AreasDC/16/096928 - 200816 Oct
Fell two Conifer trees and a Eucalyptus tree to the front; crown reduce by 25% a Goat Willow to the rear of…
ApprovedTrees in Conservation AreasDC/08/070074/FT
Planning constraints
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.
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