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Land At The Rear Of, 1 Earlsthorpe Road, London, SE26 4PD

DC/25/141029Trees in Conservation AreasRefused

Refused on 15 September 2025

Council decision: Objection Tree Preservation Order madeDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

REAR: ONE Ash tree (T1) Ht: 13m - FELL to ground level Reason: Inappropriate location due to very close proximity to the building, neighbouring wall and driveway. Species is unsuitable for confined space and poses a future structural risk. Tree is suppressed, leaning, and has a restricted rooting environment. Roots are raised and girdled, compromising long-term stability. Requires cyclical pruning to prevent direct damage. ONE Conifer tree (T2) Ht: 11m - FELL to ground level. Reason: Located in close proximity to garage, creating a high likelihood of direct structural damage. Fast-growing species not suitable for pruning or shaping. Causes heavy shading. Limited safe useful life expectancy in this position.

Received
4 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Sydenham
  1. Received4 Aug
  2. Validated29 Aug
  3. Consult.10 Oct
  4. Target10 Oct
  5. Decided15 Sep

Decided in 17 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at LAND AT THE REAR OF, 1 EARLSTHORPE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4PD. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 112 applications across Sydenham. We hold 2,166 applications in total for the SE26 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
SE26 4PD
Application type
Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 August 2025
Neighbour consultation start
8 October 2025
Last date for comments
10 October 2025
Target decision date
10 October 2025
Decision issued
9 October 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
5
Constraints
9

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: Sydenham Thorpes
  • Article 4 direction: Small HMO Northern Extension+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

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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