4A Talbot Place, London, SE3 0TZ
Proposal
FRONT: ONE Hawthorn tree (T3) CROWN REDUCTION Ht by 1.5m from 5m to 3.5m Spread by 0.9m from 3.5m to 2.6m and reshape. Remove dead wood REASON: Routine maintenance. REAR: ONE Bay tree (T1) CROWN REDUCTION Ht by 1.2m from 4m to 2.8m Spread by 0.7m from 2.5m to 1.8m by removing regrowth and reshape REASON: Routine maintenance. 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
- 15 January 2026
- Decided
- 2 February 2026 · Raise No Objection
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Lewisham
- Ward
- Blackheath
- ReceivedSubmitted15 Jan
- ValidatedValidated15 Jan
- Consult.Consultation26 Feb
- TargetTarget Date26 Feb
- DecidedDecided2 Feb
Decided in 18 days (council typically 56)
This is a tree application at 4A TALBOT PLACE, LONDON, SE3 0TZ. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 34 days. This one was decided in 18 days, 2 weeks quicker than Lewisham's median. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 171 applications across Blackheath. We hold 1,297 applications in total for the SE3 postcode area.
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Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Blackheath
- 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 (19)
flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, 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.
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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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
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