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138 Erlanger Road, London, SE14 5TJ

DC/26/142667Trees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 23 February 2026

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

REAR: ONE Crab Apple (T1)(ht.5m) FELL and replace. Reason: poor specimen, replacement tree will be with a more suitable species. Informative A: huge thank you for the replacement tree planting for replacement tree feature, rear outlook amenity, wildlife, wellbeing and shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change, species such as hawthorn, hazel, elder, alder buckthorn, paperbark maple, Magnolia, quince (Cydonia oblonga), pear, Seven-son tree, (Heptacodium miconioides), Harlequin Glorybower (Clerodendrum trichotomum), Cornus controversa. Informative B: please leave a high trunk stump for habitat for the endangered stag beetle and create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.

Received
14 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Telegraph Hill
Agent
Tree Clinic London Ltd
  1. Received14 Jan
  2. Validated21 Jan
  3. Consult.4 Mar
  4. Target4 Mar
  5. Decided23 Feb

Decided in 33 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 138 ERLANGER ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5TJ. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 5TJ
Application type
Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Does NOT need to go to BCAP

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
12 February 2026
Last date for comments
4 March 2026
Target decision date
4 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Tree Clinic London Ltd
Agent address
Flat 1, 137 Beaufort Street, Chelsea, London, SW3 6BS

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14623129
Documents
5
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: 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.

© 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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    REAR: TWO Palm trees (T1, T2) (ht.3m) CROWN REDUCTION HEIGHT by 1m from 3m to 2m, REDUCE RADIUS by 1m from 4m…

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  2. 2026
    14 Jan

    REAR: ONE Crab Apple (T1)(ht.5m) FELL and replace. Reason: poor specimen, replacement tree will be with a…

    This applicationApprovedTreesDC/26/142667

Source: Lewisham

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