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30 Vicars Hill, London, SE13 7JL

DC/25/141139Dead & Hazardous TreesPermitted

Proposal

FRONT (to Ermine Rd): ONE dead Chinese Privet tree (T10)(ht.10m) FELL. Reason: health & safety on raised ground above highway, the tree has died after being in decline for approx.2yrs, a smaller species replacement tree to be planted, duty to replace applies. Informatives: to thank for planting a replacement tree to replace streetscape amenity and urban greening benefits as required under duty to replace dead trees in conservation areas; reducing hard surfacing and covering the ground with 50mm depth bark mulch will help improve ground rooting conditions for the replacement tree, please water the new tree at least every fortnight between April-Sept for 5yrs whatever the weather for successful establishment; please create habitat log piles with some arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.

Received
13 August 2025
Decided
18 August 2025 · Granted
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ladywell
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received13 Aug
  2. Validated14 Aug
  3. Consult.19 Aug
  4. Target19 Aug
  5. Decided18 Aug

Decided in 4 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Lewisham100% of trees applications approved

This is a tree application at 30 VICARS HILL, LONDON, SE13 7JL. 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 5 days, 4 weeks quicker than Lewisham's median. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 162 applications across Ladywell. We hold 956 applications in total for the SE13 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
DC/25/141139
Address
30 VICARS HILL, LONDON, SE13 7JL
Postcode
SE13 7JL
Local Authority
Lewisham
Application Type
Dead & Hazardous Trees
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Registered
Ward
Ladywell
Parish
Does NOT need to go to BCAP

Applicant & Agent

Applicant Address
HORN PARK LANE, LONDON, SE12 8AR

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
13 August 2025
Target Decision Date
19 August 2025
Date Decided
18 August 2025
Date Validated
14 August 2025
Date Submitted
13 August 2025
Last Date for Comments
19 August 2025

Planning Decision

Decision
Granted
Decided By
Delegated
Statutory Period
5 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
5
Coordinates
51.460445, -0.021381
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Lewisham

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Planning constraints

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.

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 2026-10-09. 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.

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