62 Honor Oak Road, London, SE23 3RZ

DC/25/141734Trees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 27 October 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

REAR: ONE Mimosa tree (T1) CROWN REDUCTION Ht by 2m from 11m to 9m spread by 2m from 9m to 7m. REASON: To bring back to form & improve light conditions for owner & neighboring properties. Canopy touching neighboring building. ONE Yew tree (T2) CROWN REDUCTION Ht by 2m from 10m to 8m spread by 2m from 9m to 7m. REASON: To bring back to form & improve light conditions for owner & neighboring properties. ONE Apple tree (T3) CROWN REDUCTION Ht by 2m from 9m to 7m spread by 2m from 9m to 7m. REASON: To bring back to form & improve light conditions for owner & neighboring properties. 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: 7 October 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Lewisham
Ward: Forest Hill

ReceivedReceived7 Oct
ValidatedValidated7 Oct
Consult.Consultation18 Nov
TargetTarget Date18 Nov
DecidedDecided27 Oct

Decided in 20 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 62 HONOR OAK ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3RZ. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 20 days, 5 weeks quicker than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 181 applications across Forest Hill. We hold 2,610 applications in total for the SE23 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: SE23 3RZ
Application type: Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Does NOT need to go to BCAP

Planning application dates

Date validated: 7 October 2025
Last date for comments: 18 November 2025
Target decision date: 18 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent: Amber Tree Care
Agent address: 8 Surrey Mount, Forest Hill, London, SE23 3PF

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14391493
Comments: 0
Documents: 8
Constraints: 6

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Lewisham

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