34 Benson Road, London, SE23 3RJ
Proposal
REAR:ONE Pear (T1)(ht 10) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by2 m to 8m from 10m. LATERAL REDUCTION by 2m from 9m to 7m. Reason:Routine maintenance. ONE Yew (T2)(ht 10) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by2 m to 8m from 10m. LATERAL REDUCTION by 2m from 9m to 7m. Reason: improve light conditions. 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.
- Received
- 2 October 2025
- Decided
- 20 October 2025 · Raise No Objection
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Lewisham
- Ward
- Forest Hill
- ReceivedSubmitted2 Oct
- ValidatedValidated3 Oct
- Consult.Consultation14 Nov
- TargetTarget Date14 Nov
- DecidedDecided20 Oct
Decided in 17 days (council typically 56)
This is a tree application at 34 BENSON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3RJ. 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 18 days, 2 weeks quicker than Lewisham's median. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 196 applications across Forest Hill. We hold 2,594 applications in total for the SE23 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Forest Hill
- Article 4 direction: Forest Hill Article 4(3) Direction+1 more
- 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.
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