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1 Westwood Place, Westwood Hill, London, SE26 6PF

DC/26/142579Tree Preservation OrderAwaiting decision
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

FRONT:ONE Sycamore (T1)(ht.18m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 3m to 18m from 15m. Reason: Routine maintenance. REAR:ONE Birch(T2)(ht.6m)LATERAL REDUCTION by 1.5m from 6m to4.5m to previous reduction points. Reason: clearance from neigbouring boundary ONE Sycamore (T4)(ht.23m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 4m to 19m from 23m. Reason: Routine maintenance. The London Borough of Lewisham (94-100 Westwood Hill) Tree Preservation Order 1988 Work statement:Front Garden - T1- 1 x Large Sycamore to crown reduce by approximately 3 meters. Left Hand Boundary T2- 1 x Silver Birch belonging to the neighbour to prune back to boundary.T4- 1 x Large Sycamore to crown reduce by approximately 4 meter

Received
5 January 2026
Decision due
20 May 2026
Ward
Sydenham
Agent
Bennu Services Ltd
  1. Received5 Jan
  2. Validated8 Apr
  3. Consult.20 May
  4. Target20 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 20 May.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (6)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 WESTWOOD PLACE, WESTWOOD HILL, LONDON, SE26 6PF. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 5 January 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 112 applications across Sydenham. We hold 2,166 applications in total for the SE26 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
SE26 6PF
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Does NOT need to go to BCAP

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 April 2026
Last date for comments
20 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bennu Services Ltd
Agent address
70 Essex Tower, Jasmine Grove, Penge, London, SE20 8JT

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14558150
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.

  • Article 4 direction: Small HMO Northern Extension
  • Brownfield land register: 27 Longton AvenueRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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 and heritage coasts.

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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