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18 Montpelier Row, London, SE3 0RL

DC/26/142539Trees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 9 February 2026

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

REAR: ONE Olive (T1)(ht.8m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 3m to ht.5m. Reason: general maintenance REAR: ONE Bay (T2)(ht.8m) FELL. Reason: growing against the boundary wall, multi-stemmed, ongoing growth is causing direct impact and structural pressure to the wall, stems showing signs of decay. Informative A: a replacement tree is encouraged such as hawthorn, elder, hazel, crab apple, magnolia, Amelanchier, Pear, Quince (Cydonia oblonga), holly, Laburnum, strawberry tree, for rear amenity, wildlife, and shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change. Informative B: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.

Received
23 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Blackheath
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated20 Jan
  3. Consult.3 Mar
  4. Target3 Mar
  5. Decided9 Feb

Decided in 20 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 18 MONTPELIER ROW, LONDON, SE3 0RL. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 167 applications across Blackheath. We hold 1,346 applications in total for the SE3 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
SE3 0RL
Application type
Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Does NOT need to go to BCAP

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
20 January 2026
Last date for comments
3 March 2026
Target decision date
3 March 2026
Decision issued
10 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14585032
Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
4

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: Blackheath
  • Listed building: Grade II: 18, 19 and 20 Montpelier RowOn or next to this site
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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