4 Allenby Road, London, SE23 2RQ
Approved on 12 January 2026
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
FRONT: ONE Lime (T1, TPO T57)(ht.12m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by approx.3m to ht.9m, LATERAL REDUCE RADIUS by approx.2.5m to approx.r.3m, to previous pollard points; control ivy option (exempt works). Reason: repeat reduction to previous prune points to retain the tree for frontage and streetscape amenity. The Council GRANTS the following AMENDED tree works to crown reduce, not fell, lime (T1, TPO T57) as agreed in agents email 5.1.26. The London Borough of Lewisham (Garlies Road/Allenby Road/1-45 Perry Rise/ Rear of Houston Road) Tree Preservation Order 1976 Informative A: the applicant's agreement to amend works to repeat crown reduce is greatly appreciated as the lime tree contributes to frontage amenity, streetscape character, wildlife habitat, wellbeing and other urban greening benefits such as reducing air pollution, flood mitigation and shade to reduce high summer temperatures during increasingly frequent heatwaves due to climate change. Informative B: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.
- Received
- 18 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Lewisham
- Ward
- Perry Vale
- ReceivedReceived18 Nov
- ValidatedValidated18 Nov
- Consult.Consultation13 Jan
- TargetTarget Date13 Jan
- DecidedDecided12 Jan
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 4 ALLENBY ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2RQ. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 116 applications across Perry Vale. 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 2RQ
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Does NOT need to go to BCAP
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 3 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 13 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 13 January 2026
- Decision issued
- 14 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Amber Tree Care
- Agent address
- 8 Surrey Mount, Forest Hill, London, SE23 3PF
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Perryfields
- Article 4 direction: Perry Fields Article 4 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.
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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© 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.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Source: Lewisham
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