DC/26/143369Planning Application DC/26/143369

Trees application at 62 BELMONT HILL, LONDON, SE13 5DN, Lewisham. View planning documents, track the decision and get email alerts on updates.

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REAR: ONE Horse Chestnut (T004)(ht.14m) FALLEN. Reason: Crown Tree arboricultural survey 17/07/2025 found buttress heavily decayed, low density wood, fungal decay with Meripilus giganteus. Duty to replace applies Informative A: 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 B: large canopy replacement tree species to be selected from: small leaved lime, oak, sycamore, Robinia, Norway maple, wild cherry, beech, field maple, whitebeam, wild service tree (Sorbus torminalis), Bird cherry, Tulip Tree, hornbeam, hop hornbeam (Ostrya carpinifolia), Indian horse chestnut, Caucasian wingnut (Pterocarya fraxinifolia), Pride of India/Golden Rain tree (Koelreuteria paniculata), Japanese pagoda tree (Styphnolobium japonicum), Italian alder, Hackberry (Celtis australis), Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus dioica), Liquidambar, Bee-bee Tree (Tetradium daniellii), Turkish hazel, Turkey oak, Holm oak, Caucasian elm (Zelkova carpinifolia) for amenity, wildlife and shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change. Informative C: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.

DC/26/143369

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Trees

62 BELMONT HILL, LONDON, SE13 5DN

SubmittedSubmitted13 Mar

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DecidedDecided16 Mar

8 weeks typical decision time in Lewisham99% of trees applications approved

This is a tree application at 62 BELMONT HILL, LONDON, SE13 5DN. 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 3 days, 4 weeks quicker than Lewisham's median. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 112 applications across Blackheath. We hold 656 applications in total for the SE13 postcode area.