7 Manor Mount, London, SE23 3PY
Proposal
FRONT: ONE Maple(T1) (ht.6m) Crown reduce by 30%. REDUCE HEIGHT by 1.8m to 6.0m from 4.2m. LATERAL REDUCTION by 1.2 m from 4.5m to 3.2m Reason: routine maintenance TWO Oak (TG2) (ht.5m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 1m to 4.0m from 5m. LATERAL REDUCTION by 0.5 m from 4.0m to 3.5m Reason: routine maintenance REAR: ONE Apple(T4) (ht.4m) Crown THIN by 15%.CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 1.2m to 2.8m from 4m. LATERAL REDUCTION by 0.9 m from 3.0m to 2.1m 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.
- Received
- 30 October 2025
- Decided
- 24 November 2025 · Raise No Objection
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Lewisham
- Ward
- Forest Hill
- ReceivedSubmitted30 Oct
- ValidatedValidated31 Oct
- Consult.Consultation12 Dec
- TargetTarget Date12 Dec
- DecidedDecided24 Nov
Decided in 24 days (council typically 56)
This is a tree application at 7 MANOR MOUNT, LONDON, SE23 3PY. 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 25 days, 9 days quicker than Lewisham's median. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications 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
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20203 Nov
(T1) Horse Chestnut: crown reduce and reshape by 25%. Height from 15.7m to 11.7m N from 6.4m to 5.9m S from…
ApprovedTrees in Conservation AreasDC/20/119040 - 201615 Feb
In back garden on right hand border with back to house: Horse chestnut - crown reduction and approximately 2m…
ApprovedTrees in Conservation AreasDC/16/095513 - 200925 Nov
Reduce height of a Pear tree by 30% and crown thin by 20%, reduce height of two Lime trees by 1.5m and prune…
ApprovedTrees in Conservation AreasDC/09/073039
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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