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DC/25/141069

Trees application at 8 MONTAGUE AVENUE, LONDON, SE4 1YP, Lewisham. View planning documents, track the decision and get email alerts on updates.

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REAR (boundary): ONE Lime tree (T1)(ht.4.5m,spread 3m) HEIGHT REDUCE by 2.5m from 4.5m to 2m, to cut to live wood to create a new pollard and remove failed stems from site. REASON: Tree suffered failure at two historic pollard points. The remaining upper canopy is very rotten and risk of the remaining stem falling into the neighbouring garden. Informative A: huge thank you for retaining the tree as a low pollard for rear amenity, wildlife and urban greening benefits. Informative B: if possible please retain the fallen, failed stems in the garden and create habitat log piles for wildlife and biodiversity. Informative C: if space allows tree planting is encouraged for amenity, wildlife and climate change resilience, species such as Harlequin Glorybower (Clerododendrum trichotomum), Seven-son tree (Heptacodium miconioides), Persian Silk tree (Albizia julibrissin), Cape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica), Orange Bark Myrtle (Myrtus apiculate, M.Luma), Turkish hazel (Corylus colurna), Pride of India/Golden Rain tree (Koelreuteria paniculata), Japanese pagoda tree (Styphnolobium japonicum), Hackberry (Celtis australis), Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus dioica), the Bee Bee Tree (Tetradium daniellii).

DC/25/141069

Small
Trees

8 MONTAGUE AVENUE, LONDON, SE4 1YP

Submitted7 Aug
Validated
Consultation
Target
Decided11 Aug
8 weeks typical decision time in Lewisham99% of trees applications approved

This is a tree application at 8 MONTAGUE AVENUE, LONDON, SE4 1YP. 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 4 days, 4 weeks quicker than Lewisham's median. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 142 applications across Ladywell. We hold 384 applications in total for the SE4 postcode area.

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Application Details

Reference
DC/25/141069
Address
8 MONTAGUE AVENUE, LONDON, SE4 1YP
Postcode
SE4 1YP
Local Authority
Lewisham
Application Type
Trees
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Decided
11 August 2025
Date Submitted
7 August 2025

Planning Decision

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Coordinates
51.460457, -0.029025

Source: Lewisham