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Maple Court, 19-21 Canadian Avenue, London, SE6 3AY

DC/26/142681Trees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 23 March 2026

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

REAR: ONE dead Cherry (T1)(ht.3m) FELL. REASON: tree is dead with decayed root buttresses. REPLANTING PROPOSAL: Client will be replanting with x1 Prunus avium (wild cherry) 3-3.5m in height with a girth of circa 8-10cm. Informative A: the landowner has a duty to plant another tree of an appropriate size and species when a tree is removed in a conservation area because it is dead or presents an immediate risk of serious harm. Ref. Tree Preservation Orders and trees in conservation areas, guidance, para 121. Informative B: the replacement with a wild cherry tree is hugely appreciated, please ensure watering regime to drench ground with 25-50 litres water fortnightly beg April-end Sept for 3yrs minimum to support successful establishment. Informative C: huge thank for retaining a treed site for amenity, wildlife and shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change. Informative D: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.

Received
15 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rushey Green
Agent
Down to Earth Trees Ltd
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated27 Feb
  3. Consult.10 Apr
  4. Target10 Apr
  5. Decided23 Mar

Decided in 24 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at MAPLE COURT, 19-21 CANADIAN AVENUE, LONDON, SE6 3AY. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days longer 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 160 applications across Rushey Green. We hold 1,059 applications in total for the SE6 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
SE6 3AY
Application type
Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Does NOT need to go to BCAP

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 February 2026
Last date for comments
10 April 2026
Target decision date
10 April 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

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14626319
Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
8

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: Culverley Green
  • Article 4 direction: Culverley Green Article 4 Direction+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.

Source: Lewisham

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