The Horniman Museum & Gardens, 100 London Road, London, SE23 3PQ
Approved on 22 April 2026
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
FRONT (London Rd): ONE Bay (T1)(ht.7m) FELL. Reason: it is located approximately 1m from the main foundations of the building so removal will mitigate future issues. A mediterranean garden will be planted up as a replacement as an example of a drought resistant form of urban planting. REAR (by nursery): ONE Beech (T2)(ht.8m) FELL. Reason: it is dominated by the larger beech & yew trees growing nearby leading to phototropic lateral growth towards the nursery that will cause problems for the gutters & roof. Another beech tree will be planted a little further away in the south downs. REAR (by nursery): ONE Yew (T3)(ht.10m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 1m from 10m to ht.9m, LATERAL REDUCE by 2m from 8m to 6m Southern laterals. Reason: to rebalance the tree keeping a natural aesthetic. Informative A: the replacement tree for beech (T2) is hugely appreciated to maintain the treed character of the gardens, for amenity, wildlife and shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change. Informative B: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.
- Received
- 12 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Lewisham
- Ward
- Forest Hill
- ReceivedReceived12 Mar
- ValidatedValidated12 Mar
- Consult.Consultation23 Apr
- TargetTarget Date23 Apr
- DecidedDecided22 Apr
Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at THE HORNIMAN MUSEUM & GARDENS, 100 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3PQ. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 11 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 181 applications across Forest Hill. We hold 2,612 applications in total for the SE23 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
- SE23 3PQ
- Application type
- Trees in Conservation Areas
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 1 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 23 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 23 April 2026
- Decision issued
- 23 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Amber Tree Care
- Agent address
- 8 Surrey Mount, Forest Hill, London, SE23 3PF
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
- Listed building: Forecourt Railings Walls and Piers to Horniman Museum London Road Se23 CatfordOn or next to this site · +1 more
- 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 (20)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
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Source: Lewisham
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