1-68 Kemsley, Lewisham Park, London, SE13 6QW
Approved on 12 January 2026
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
FRONT: ONE Holm Oak (5245)(ht.9m) CROWN LIFT to 2.5m above ground level. Reason: widespread low canopy, to provide clearance for public paths. Informative A: the maintenance and retention of the Holm oak is greatly appreciated for amenity, wildlife, flood amelioration and shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change.
- Received
- 9 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Lewisham
- Ward
- Ladywell
- ReceivedReceived9 Dec
- ValidatedValidated16 Dec
- Consult.Consultation27 Jan
- TargetTarget Date27 Jan
- DecidedDecided12 Jan
Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 1-68 KEMSLEY, LEWISHAM PARK, LONDON, SE13 6QW. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 3 weeks quicker than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 169 applications across Ladywell. We hold 980 applications in total for the SE13 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
- SE13 6QW
- Application type
- Trees in Conservation Areas
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Does NOT need to go to BCAP
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 16 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 27 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 27 January 2026
- Decision issued
- 15 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Connick Tree Care
- Agent address
- New Pond Farm, Woodhatch Road, Reigate, RH2 7QH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Lewisham Park
- 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 (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.
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Source: Lewisham
Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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