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57 Ladywell Road, London, SE13 7UT

DC/25/141367Trees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 6 October 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

FRONT: ONE Hawthorn tree (T1) CROWN REDUCTION Ht by 1.2m from 4m to 2.8m Spread by 0.6m from 2m to 1.4m. REASON: Routine maintenance, close to building. ONE Oak tree (T2) CROWN REDUCTION Ht by 2m from 12m to 2m, Spread by 2m from 8m to 6m. REASON: Squirrels jumping across; entering roof, close to building, very large. REAR: ONE Poplar tree (T4) Ht CROWN REDUCTION by 6m from 20m to 14m Spread by 2.4m from 8m to 5.6m. REASON: Close to wall, extremely large. ONE Poplar tree (T5) Ht 13m Spread 7m CROWN THIN by 25% REASON: To allow more light to garden. ONE Fig tree (T6) ht 4m Spread 4m CROWN THIN by 20% Removing crossing branches & deadwood. CROWN LIFT to 2m above ground level. REASON: Routine maintenance. Informative A: The sensitive management of the trees 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. Informative C: Reminder of requirement to plant a replacement tree as part of decision notice for DC/24/135987.

Received
8 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ladywell
Agent
Foxy Arboriculture Ltd
  1. Received8 Sep
  2. Validated8 Sep
  3. Consult.20 Oct
  4. Target20 Oct
  5. Decided6 Oct

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 57 LADYWELL ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7UT. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 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 169 applications across Ladywell. 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 7UT
Application type
Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Does NOT need to go to BCAP

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 September 2025
Last date for comments
20 October 2025
Target decision date
20 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Foxy Arboriculture Ltd
Agent address
28, Boveney Road, LONDON, SE23 3NN

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14313928
Comments
0
Documents
15
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: St Marys
  • Article 4 direction: Small HMO Northern Extension+1 more

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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