77B Arbuthnot Road, London, SE14 5NP
Approved on 2 February 2026
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
REAR: TWO Elder trees LHNB (G1) LATERAL REDUCTION of stem in contact with fence by 4m from 4m to 0m to the source on NE compass point. LATERAL REDUCTION of remaining growth by 2m from 4m to 2m. on NE compass point. CROWN REDUCTION section closest to house by 1m from 5m to 4m on E compass point. LATERAL REDUCTION by 1m from 3.5m to 2.5m. REASON: Trees overhanging client's property, stem in contact with fence, too close to house Informative A: The sensitive management of the trees is greatly appreciated for landscape amenity, wildlife, wellbeing, and urban forest canopy for environmental benefits to mitigate the effects of climate change. Informative B: Wherever possible, please create habitat log piles in the garden from cut branches for wildlife and biodiversity.
- Received
- 7 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Lewisham
- Ward
- Telegraph Hill
- Agent
- Down to Earth Trees Ltd
- ReceivedReceived7 Jan
- ValidatedValidated23 Jan
- Consult.Consultation6 Mar
- TargetTarget Date6 Mar
- DecidedDecided2 Feb
Decided in 10 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 77B ARBUTHNOT ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5NP. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 4 weeks quicker than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 109 applications across Telegraph Hill. We hold 375 applications in total for the SE14 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
- SE14 5NP
- Application type
- Trees in Conservation Areas
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Does NOT need to go to BCAP
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 6 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 6 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Down to Earth Trees Ltd
- Agent address
- The Oast, Preston Farm, Shoreham Road, Shoreham, TN14 7UD
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Telegraph Hill
- Article 4 direction: Small HMO Northern Extension+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.
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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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