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29B Glenton Road, London, SE13 5RS

DC/25/141136Trees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 22 September 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

REAR: ONE Lime tree (T1) Height: 12m. RE POLLARD to previous points by approx 2m from height 12 to approx 10m . Reasons: The tree is causing a number of issues; -Too large for space -Tree sap spreading over neighbouring property -Impacting natural light for neighbours (several) -Roots damaging fences and garden landscape Informative A: The sensitive management of the tree is greatly appreciated for landscape amenity, wildlife, wellbeing, and urban forest canopy for environmental benefits to mitigate the effects of climate change. Informative B: Wherever possible, please create habitat log piles in the garden from cut branches for wildlife and biodiversity

Received
13 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Blackheath
  1. Received13 Aug
  2. Validated5 Sep
  3. Consult.17 Oct
  4. Target17 Oct
  5. Decided22 Sep

Decided in 17 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 29B GLENTON ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5RS. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 167 applications across Blackheath. We hold 980 applications in total for the SE13 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
SE13 5RS
Application type
Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 September 2025
Last date for comments
17 October 2025
Target decision date
17 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
WINKWORTH ESTATE AGENTS
Agent address
279-283 GREENWICH HIGH ROAD, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8NB

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
9
Constraints
7

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: Blackheath
  • 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 (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

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