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Kemsley, Lewisham Park, London, SE13 6QW

DC/26/144684Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 3 September 2026

Council decision: Granted

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

Proposal

FRONT (to Lewisham High St): ONE Copper Beech (0040)(T2 in TPO) Ht.10m CROWN LIFT to 2.5m above ground level Reason: Highway and street lamp clearance. Within raised planter & restricted rooting environment. Widespread crown overhanging footpath. Lamp column adjacent. FRONT (to Lewisham High St): ONE False Acacia (5237)(T3 in TPO) Ht.12m CROWN LIFT to 2m above ground level Reason: Highway and street lamp clearance. Overhangs footpath. The London Borough of Lewisham (Lewisham Park Estate, London SE13) Tree Preservation Order 2008. Informative A: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity. NB. See ref DC/26/145174 for 6-week notice for dead Crab Apple (5240) which is not within the TPO and has duty to replace.

Received
9 July 2026
Ward
Ladywell
  1. Received9 Jul
  2. Validated4 Aug
  3. Consult.29 Sep
  4. Target29 Sep
  5. Decided3 Sep

Decided in 30 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at KEMSLEY, LEWISHAM PARK, LONDON, SE13 6QW. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 4 weeks quicker than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 169 applications across Ladywell. We hold 980 applications in total for the SE13 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
SE13 6QW
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Does NOT need to go to BCAP

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 August 2026
Neighbour consultation start
5 August 2026
Last date for comments
29 September 2026
Target decision date
29 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Connick Tree Care
Agent address
New Pond Farm, Woodhatch Road, Reigate, RH2 7QH

Planning decision

Case officer
Valerie Harris
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15073522
Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Lewisham Park
  • Article 4 direction: Small HMO Northern Extension
  • 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

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    4 Aug

    FRONT (to Lewisham High St): ONE Copper Beech (0040)(T2 in TPO) Ht.10m CROWN LIFT to 2.5m above ground level…

    This applicationApprovedTreesDC/26/144684
  2. 2026
    4 Aug

    FRONT (to Lewisham High St): ONE Crab Apple (5240) Ht 2m FELL - (not in TPO). Reason: Dead tree - Following…

    ApprovedTrees in Conservation AreasPart ofDC/26/145174

Source: Lewisham

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