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41 Devonshire Road, London, SE23 3EN

DC/26/144764Trees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 12 August 2026

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

FRONT: ONE Lime tree, Ht: 14m (T1) POLLARDING back to closest growth points by removing 4m of growth, leaving the tree 10m in height and 8m in width. Tree is overgrown, blocking light and causing a lot of fallen debris.

Received
17 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Forest Hill
Agent
Acacia Tree Surgeons Ltd
  1. Received17 Jul
  2. Validated17 Jul
  3. Consult.28 Aug
  4. Target28 Aug
  5. Decided12 Aug

Decided in 26 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 41 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3EN. Lewisham has handled 1,006 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 4 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 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 3EN
Application type
Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 July 2026
Last date for comments
28 August 2026
Target decision date
28 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Acacia Tree Surgeons Ltd
Agent address
Acacia House, Tatsfield Approach Road, Tatsfield, Westerham, TN16 2JT

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15091845
Comments
0
Documents
6
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: 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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