8 Montague Avenue, London, SE4 1YP
Approved on 16 September 2026
Council decision: Raise No Objection
Proposal
REAR: ONE Sycamore tree (T1) Ht 4m Spread 2m FELL to ground level. Reason: Tree is growing out of a raised bed which is falling apart. Badly pollarded in the past - poor specimen. REAR: ONE Lime tree (T2) Ht 1.2m spread 0.8m FELL to ground level. Reason: Tree was felled previously but allowed to grow back. Weak unions. REPLANTING PROPOSAL: Gardeners are preparing an extensive replanting plan. Informative A: replacement tree planting in the gardeners replanting plan is hugely welcomed for amenity, wildlife and shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change. Informative B: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.
- Received
- 24 August 2026
- Public comments
- 0 · last counted 7 October 2026
- Council
- London Borough of Lewisham
- Ward
- Ladywell
- ReceivedReceived24 Aug
- ValidatedValidated24 Aug
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided16 Sep
Decided in 23 days
About this application
This is a planning application at 8 MONTAGUE AVENUE, LONDON, SE4 1YP. Lewisham has handled 9,122 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 5 weeks quicker than Lewisham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 647 applications in total for the SE4 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- SE4 1YP
- Parish
- Does NOT need to go to BCAP
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 August 2026
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Valerie Harris
Additional information
- Documents
- 6
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Brockley
- Article 4 direction: Brockley Conservation Area+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.
Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20268 Jan
The construction of a front boundary brick wall, replacement of the existing render, installation of rear…
ApprovedHouseholderDC/26/142610 - 20257 Aug
REAR (boundary): ONE Lime tree (T1)(ht.4.5m,spread 3m) HEIGHT REDUCE by 2.5m from 4.5m to 2m, to cut to live…
ApprovedDead & Hazardous TreesDC/25/141069
Source: Lewisham
Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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