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42 Southbrook Road, London, SE12 8LL

DC/26/144052Trees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 19 June 2026

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

THREE Silver birch (T1, T2, T3) CROWN THINNING by 20% maintaining the current height of 4m and width of 3m ONE Magnolia (T4) CROWN REDUCTION from 5m to 4m and height from 4m to 3m ONE Acer (T5) CROWN THINNING by 20%, maintaining the same height of 2.5m and width of 2.5m ONE Acer (T6) CROWN LIFT to 1m & CROWN THINNING by 20%, maintaining the same height of 3m and width of 3m ONE Maple (T7) HEIGHT REDUCTION from 2.5m to 2m and maintain the same width of 2m ONE Poplar (T8) HEIGHT REDUCTION from 8m to 6m, maintaining the same width of 4m

Received
18 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lee Green
Agent
Treesawrus Ltd
  1. Received18 May
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 Jun

Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 42 SOUTHBROOK ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8LL. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 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 170 applications across Lee Green. We hold 524 applications in total for the SE12 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
SE12 8LL
Application type
Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Validated
18 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Treesawrus Ltd
Agent address
75 Military Road, Rye, East Sussex, TN317NX

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14941862
Comments
0
Documents
10
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Lee Manor
  • Article 4 direction: Lee Manor Article 4(2) Direction+1 more

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.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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