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Garden Flat, 1 Talbot Place, London, SE3 0TZ

DC/26/142787Trees in Conservation AreasPermitted

Proposal

FRONT: ONE Holly tree (T1) Crown Reduction Ht by 2m from 6m to 4m SPREAD by 2m from 3.5m to 1.5m Informative A: The sensitive management of the tree 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
26 January 2026
Decided
23 February 2026 · Raise No Objection
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Blackheath
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated11 Feb
  3. Consult.25 Mar
  4. Target25 Mar
  5. Decided23 Feb

Decided in 12 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Lewisham100% of trees applications approved

This is a tree application at GARDEN FLAT, 1 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 28 days, 6 days 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.

Application Details

Reference
DC/26/142787
Address
GARDEN FLAT, 1 TALBOT PLACE, LONDON, SE3 0TZ
Postcode
SE3 0TZ
Local Authority
Lewisham
Application Type
Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Registered
Ward
Blackheath
Parish
Does NOT need to go to BCAP

Applicant & Agent

Agent
Edge Tree Care
Agent Address
8 Sunningdale Road, Bromley, BR1 2ET

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
26 January 2026
Target Decision Date
25 March 2026
Date Decided
23 February 2026
Date Validated
11 February 2026
Date Submitted
26 January 2026
Last Date for Comments
25 March 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
Raise No Objection
Decided By
Delegated
Statutory Period
42 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14652750
Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
5
Coordinates
51.469883, 0.004847
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Lewisham

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Planning constraints

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Blackheath
  • Listed building: Grade II: 1-4, Talbot PlaceOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Small HMO Northern Extension
  • World Heritage Site buffer zone: Maritime Greenwich
  • 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.

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 2026-10-09. 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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