The Grove Centre Church, Jews Walk, London, SE26 6PL
Approved on 3 November 2025
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
REAR: ONE HORNBEAM (T1) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 3m fom 13m to 10m, REDUCE RADIUS by 3m from 8m to 5m on all compass points (canopy spread from 16m to 10m). 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. Informative C: to protect tree roots from compaction and improve the rooting environment, 50-75mm depth bark mulch or wood chippings is encouraged on the bare ground under the canopy spread, clear of the base of the trunk.
- Received
- 29 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Lewisham
- Ward
- Sydenham
- ReceivedReceived29 Sep
- ValidatedValidated29 Sep
- Consult.Consultation10 Nov
- TargetTarget Date10 Nov
- DecidedDecided3 Nov
Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at THE GROVE CENTRE CHURCH, JEWS WALK, LONDON, SE26 6PL. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 6PL
- Application type
- Trees in Conservation Areas
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Does NOT need to go to BCAP
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 September 2025
- Last date for comments
- 10 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 10 November 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 186 Streatham Hill, Streatham Hill, London, England, SW2 4SS
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site 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
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Source: Lewisham
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