44A Mayow Road, London, SE26 4JA
Approved on 16 March 2026
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
REAR: ONE dead Elder (T1)(ht.6-8m) FALLEN. Reason: tree is dead and has fallen over, proposal to replant a new elder tree in its place or something of a similar size. Informative A: the replacement elder tree is greatly appreciated for its benefits to amenity, wildlife and shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change; other suitable species include such as hawthorn, crab apple, hazel, alder buckthorn, holly, goat or grey willow. Informative B: 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 C: please create habitat log piles and a 'dead hedge' with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.
- Received
- 29 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Lewisham
- Ward
- Sydenham
- ReceivedReceived29 Jan
- ValidatedValidated12 Feb
- Consult.Consultation26 Mar
- TargetTarget Date26 Mar
- DecidedDecided16 Mar
Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 44A MAYOW ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4JA. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 10 days 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 112 applications across Sydenham. We hold 2,166 applications in total for the SE26 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
- SE26 4JA
- Application type
- Trees in Conservation Areas
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Does NOT need to go to BCAP
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 17 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 26 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 26 March 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Sydenham Thorpes
- 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.
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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