The Horniman Museum & Gardens, 100 London Road, London, SE23 3PQ

DC/26/143935Dead & Hazardous TreesPermitted

Proposal

REAR (by pitch & putt): ONE Cedar (T1)(approx.ht.16m) remove one snapped limb. Reason: it has snapped and hanging in the canopy, to be removed to mitigate health & safety issues as the gardens are a high volume area. REAR (by rail line nature trail): ONE Ash (T2)(approx.ht.12m) remove snapped and fallen canopy. Reason: canopy has snapped out due to a large cavity causing structural failure and the canopy is now lying on the ground, the stem to be left as it stands as monolith. Informative A: thank you for careful management to retain trees and monoliths for amenity, wildlife and landscape character. Informative B: successional planting is encouraged with another cedar planted nearby for future feature tree in this part of the garden near the top entrance off Horniman Drive. Informative C: please create habitat log piles with some arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.

Received: 5 May 2026
Decided: 18 May 2026 · Granted
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Lewisham
Ward: Forest Hill

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

ReceivedSubmitted5 May
ValidatedValidated7 May
Consult.Consultation14 May
TargetTarget Date14 May
DecidedDecided18 May

Decided in 11 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Lewisham100% of trees applications approved

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 and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 34 days. This one was decided in 13 days, 3 weeks quicker than Lewisham's median. 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 196 applications across Forest Hill. We hold 2,595 applications in total for the SE23 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference

DC/26/143935

Address

THE HORNIMAN MUSEUM & GARDENS, 100 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3PQ

Postcode

SE23 3PQ

Local Authority

Lewisham

Application Type

Dead & Hazardous Trees

Scale / Size

Small

Decision Status

Permitted

Current Status

Registered

Ward

Forest Hill

Parish

Does NOT need to go to BCAP

Applicant & Agent

Agent

Amber Tree Care

Architect ProfileAMBER TREE CARE LTD

Agent Address

8 Surrey Mount, Forest Hill, London, SE23 3PF

Planning Application Dates

Date Received

5 May 2026

Target Decision Date

14 May 2026

Date Decided

18 May 2026

Date Validated

7 May 2026

Date Submitted

5 May 2026

Last Date for Comments

14 May 2026

Planning Decision

Decision

Granted

Decided By

Delegated

Statutory Period

7 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Comments

Documents

Constraints

Coordinates

51.441130, -0.060737

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Lewisham

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Planning history at this site

11 other applications at this property, newest first.

Planning 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
Registered park and garden: Horniman Gardens
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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

© 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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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