8 Waldenshaw Road, London, SE23 3XP
Proposal
REAR: ONE Goat Willow tree (T1) Ht 5m, Spread 5m FELL to ground level ONE Sycamore tree (T2) Ht 10m spread 5m FELL to ground level ONE Ash tree (T3) LATERAL REDUCTION Ht by 1m from 10m to 9m Spread by 1m from 5m to 4m on compass point NE-SW ONE Ash tree (T4) LATERAL REDUCTION Ht by 1m from 10m to 9m Spread by 1m from 5m to 4m on compass point SW-NE REASON: The garden here is being re-landscaped. Both the Goat Willow and the self-seeded Sycamore are situated very close to border lines with heavy leans into adjacent properties. Works on the Ash trees is to prevent overhang into adjacent properties. The owners intend to plant new, healthy trees in place when the works have been completed.
- Received
- 11 March 2026
- Decision due
- 15 May 2026
- Council
- London Borough of Lewisham
- Ward
- Forest Hill
- Agent
- London Treescapes Ltd
- ReceivedReceived11 Mar
- ValidatedValidated3 Apr
- Consult.Consultation15 May
- TargetTarget Date15 May
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is a tree application at 8 WALDENSHAW ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3XP. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 11 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 181 applications across Forest Hill. We hold 2,610 applications in total for the SE23 postcode area.
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Application details
- Postcode
- SE23 3XP
- Application type
- Trees in Conservation Areas
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Does NOT need to go to BCAP
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 8 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 15 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- London Treescapes Ltd
- Agent address
- 156Moordown, London, SE18 3NF
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Forest Hill
- Article 4 direction: Forest Hill Article 4(3) 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.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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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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