27 Duncombe Hill, London, SE23 1QY
Proposal
REAR: ONE Cherry (T1, TPO T5)(ht.7m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 1m from 7m to 6m, LATERAL REDUCE by 2m from 6m to 4m. Reason: routine repeat maintenance to suitable prune points, maintain natural aesthetic, alleviate light. Informative A: huge thank you for retaining the tree for rear amenity, wildlife and shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change. Informative B: please create habitat wood piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity. The London Borough of Lewisham (Duncombe Hill, 5-41 odds) Tree Preservation Order 1975.
- Received
- 26 February 2026
- Decided
- 23 March 2026 · Granted
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Lewisham
- Ward
- Crofton Park
- ReceivedSubmitted26 Feb
- ValidatedValidated27 Feb
- Consult.Consultation10 Apr
- TargetTarget Date10 Apr
- DecidedDecided23 Mar
Decided in 24 days (council typically 56)
This is a tree application at 27 DUNCOMBE HILL, LONDON, SE23 1QY. 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 25 days, 9 days quicker than Lewisham's median. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 140 applications across Crofton Park. We hold 2,594 applications in total for the SE23 postcode area.
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Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (22)
flood storage areas, conservation 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.
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