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4 Allenby Road, London, SE23 2RQ

DC/25/142162Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 12 January 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

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)
Ward
Perry Vale
  1. Received18 Nov
  2. Validated18 Nov
  3. Consult.13 Jan
  4. Target13 Jan
  5. Decided12 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

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14497854
Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Lewisham

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