46 Breakspears Road, London, SE4 1UL
Approved on 22 April 2026
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
REAR: SIX: Poplar Trees (G1) CROWN REDUCTION by 4m from 14m to 10m. SPREAD by 3m from 8m to 5m. REASON: Reduction to shape canopy, pruning to suitable points and maintaining natural aesthetic. Work undertaken to bring back to form and improve light conditions for both owner and neighboring properties. The tree has been reduced previously so work is part of an ongoing maintenance cycle. The pruning will not go beyond any previous points and sufficient time has elapsed to allow canopy regrowth. The tree will tolerate the pruning as specified above. REAR: ONE: Oak Tree (T2) CROWN REDUCTION by 2m from 14m to 12m. SPREAD by 3m from 14m to 11m. REASON: Reduction to shape canopy, pruning to suitable points and maintaining natural aesthetic. Work undertaken to bring back to form as the tree is on a cyclical pruning programme and improve light conditions. The tree will tolerate the pruning as specified above. REAR: ONE: Magnolia Tree (T3) CROWN REDUCTION by 1m from 9m to 8m. SPREAD by 2m from 9m to 7m. REASON: Reduction to shape canopy, pruning to suitable points and maintaining natural aesthetic. Work undertaken to bring back to form and improve light conditions. The tree will tolerate the pruning as specified above. REAR: ONE: Laurel Tree (G2) CROWN REDUCTION by 2m from 9m to 7m. SPREAD by 3m from 9m to 7m. REASON: Reduction to shape canopy, pruning to suitable points and maintaining natural aesthetic. Work undertaken to bring it back to form as the tree and improve light conditions. The tree will tolerate the pruning as specified above. Informative A: The sensitive management of the trees is greatly appreciated for landscape amenity, wildlife, wellbeing, and urban forest canopy for environmental benefits to mitigate the effects of climate change. Informative B: Wherever possible, please create habitat log piles in the garden from cut branches for wildlife and biodiversity.
- Received
- 17 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Lewisham
- Ward
- Brockley
- ReceivedReceived17 Mar
- ValidatedValidated17 Mar
- Consult.Consultation28 Apr
- TargetTarget Date28 Apr
- DecidedDecided22 Apr
Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 46 BREAKSPEARS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1UL. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks 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 145 applications across Brockley. We hold 647 applications in total for the SE4 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
- SE4 1UL
- Application type
- Trees in Conservation Areas
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Does NOT need to go to BCAP
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 28 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 28 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: Brockley
- Article 4 direction: Brockley Conservation Area+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
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© 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: Lewisham
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