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1 Benson Road, London, SE23 3RL

DC/26/145891Awaiting decision
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

(T3) Golden Willow Crown reduce and reshape to previous pruning points - routine maintenance Height from 8.0m to 6.5m Crown spread from 5.0m to 3.5m

Received
27 October 2026
Ward
Forest Hill
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application at 1 BENSON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3RL. Lewisham has handled 9,122 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 27 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Forest Hill conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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.

Application details

Postcode
SE23 3RL

Planning application dates

Validated
27 October 2026
Decision issued
6 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Decision
Closed internally

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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