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6B Westwood Park, London, SE23 3QB

DC/26/144752Trees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 5 August 2026

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

FRONT: MIXED Hedge (MX1) To cut back to boundary line to prevent encroachment onto pavement. Height is currently 2m remaining the same by a spread of 2m reducing to 1.5M on the pavement side (South). General maintenance. REAR: ONE Sycamore (T1) CROWN REDUCTION by 2m shaping accoringly. HEIGHT 2m from 12m to 10m & LATERALS 2m from 7m to 5m on all compass points. Remove major deadwood. To sever Ivy at base to 2 metres from ground level.

Received
15 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Forest Hill
  1. Received15 Jul
  2. Validated15 Jul
  3. Consult.26 Aug
  4. Target26 Aug
  5. Decided5 Aug

Decided in 21 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 6B WESTWOOD PARK, LONDON, SE23 3QB. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 21 days, 5 weeks quicker than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 181 applications across Forest Hill. We hold 2,610 applications in total for the SE23 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
SE23 3QB
Application type
Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 July 2026
Last date for comments
26 August 2026
Target decision date
26 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Trees Uk
Agent address
Longfield Cottage, Nash Lane, Keston, BR2 6AP

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15087528
Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
4

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: 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.

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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