10 Benson Road, London, SE23 3RJ
Proposal
REAR: ONE dead Willow (T1)(approx.ht.12m) FELL to 4m monolith. Reason: the tree has died, a 4m monolith will be left as standing deadwood for habitat. REPLACEMENT PROPOSAL: A native pollinator will be planted as a replacement. Duty to replace applies. Informative A: huge thank you for retaining a 4m high standing monolith for biodiversity and planting a replacement tree for amenity, wildlife, flood mitigation and to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change, species to be selected from: wild cherry, goat willow, grey willow, field maple, strawberry tree, holly, hornbeam, wild service tree, bird cherry, common pear, small leaved lime, elder. Informative B: 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; section 213 of Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended). Informative C: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.
- Received
- 26 May 2026
- Decided
- 6 July 2026 · Raise No Objection
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Lewisham
- Ward
- Forest Hill
- ReceivedSubmitted26 May
- ValidatedValidated26 May
- Consult.Consultation7 Jul
- TargetTarget Date7 Jul
- DecidedDecided6 Jul
Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)
This is a tree application at 10 BENSON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3RJ. 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 41 days, 7 days longer than Lewisham's median. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 196 applications across Forest Hill. We hold 2,594 applications in total for the SE23 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Forest Hill
- Article 4 direction: Forest Hill Article 4(3) Direction+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.
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