St. Winifreds Rc School, 103 Effingham Road, London, SE128NS

1. 17 Apr 2000

   Decision issued: Closed internally

2. 16 Jun 2004

   Received by Lewisham

3. 28 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

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• ST WINIFRED'S INFANT SCHOOL, 103 EFFINGHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8NS

  DC/23/131301 Submitted 27 Apr 2023 50 yards away

  REAR: ONE Sycamore (T1)(ht:10m): REDUCE HEIGHT by 2.5m from 10m to 7.5m, LATERAL REDUCTION on north side of crown by 2.5m back to boundary line, rigging/roping techniques will be used to mitigate any undue damage to anything below; Reason: Tree is in neighbour's garden 78 Handen Road overhanging rear boundary. Informative A: the sensitive management of the tree is greatly appreciated for landscape amenity, wildlife, wellbeing, and urban forest canopy to mitigate climate change. Informative B: please create habitat log piles on site from cut branches for wildlife and biodiversity.

  Granted Trees 10 docs

• ST WINIFRED'S INFANT SCHOOL, 103 EFFINGHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8NS

  DC/20/116268 Submitted 25 Mar 2020 50 yards away

  Details submitted for the discharge of conditions 5 (window details) of the planning application DC/18/109378 dated 02/08/2019 (as amended by non-material amendments DC/19/113536 and DC/19/115165) for the proposed change of use and extension of existing school building (Class D1) to provide 4 dwellings, demolition of existing single storey extension and ancillary outbuilding and erection of new building to provide 5 flats, together with associated external alterations, landscaping, cycle parking and refuse storage, at 103 Effingham Road, SE12.

  Granted Full applications New dwelling Extension +2 4 docs
  Several homes

• ST WINIFRED'S INFANT SCHOOL, 103 EFFINGHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8NS

  DC/20/116166 Submitted 16 Mar 2020 50 yards away

  Details submitted for the discharge of conditions 6 (outstanding materials - louvres, Juliette balconies and glass link), 7 (refuse details), 8 (cycle storage details) and 16 (privacy screen details) of the planning application DC/18/109378 dated 02/08/2019 (as amended by non-material amendments DC/19/113536 and DC/19/115165) for the proposed change of use and extension of existing school building (Class D1) to provide 4 dwellings, demolition of existing single storey extension and ancillary outbuilding and erection of new building to provide 5 flats, together with associated external alterations, landscaping, cycle parking and refuse storage, at 103 Effingham Road, SE12.

  Granted Full applications New dwelling Extension +1 12 docs
  Several homes

• ST WINIFRED'S INFANT SCHOOL, 103 EFFINGHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8NS

  DC/12/079772/X Submitted 23 Mar 2012 50 yards away

  The construction of 2 replacement canopies located on the nursery building and the existing boundary fencing to the front of St Winifred's Infant School, 103 Effingham Road SE12.

  Granted Full applications 8 docs

• ST WINIFRED'S INFANT SCHOOL, 103 EFFINGHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8NS

  DC/12/79772/X Submitted 23 Mar 2012 50 yards away

  The construction of 2 replacement canopies located on the nursery building and the existing boundary fencing to the front of St Winifred's Infant School, 103 Effingham Road SE12.

  Granted Full applications 8 docs

• ST WINIFRED'S INFANT SCHOOL, 103 EFFINGHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8NS

  DC/14/088278 Submitted 8 Jul 2014 50 yards away

  The construction of 2 replacement canopies located on the nursery building and the existing boundary fencing to the front of St Winifred's Infant School, 103 Effingham Road SE12.

  Granted Full applications 9 docs

• DC/26/145119 Awaiting decision

  43 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3EN

  FRONT: ONE Lime tree (T1) Ht 15m FELL to ground level & treat stump REASON: A remedy to the differential foundation movement at the insured property and to ensure the long-term stability of the building. To limit the extent and need for expensive and disruptive engineering repair works at the insured property. To limit the extent and need for costly CO2e emissions relating to alternative engineering repair works at the insured property. It is the case that an alternative to felling such as pruning or significant 'pollarding' of the tree would not provide a reliable or sustainable remedy to the subsidence in this case. We do not consider that any other potential means of mitigation, including root barriers, would be effective or appropriate in the circumstances. We are satisfied that the evidence obtained following completion of our Arboricultural Implication Assessment report completed 31/01/2024 clearly links the Lime T1 and False Acacia T2 as the cause of damage to the risk address. REPLANTING: Insurers understanding the requirement to offer replacement planting in the event consent to fell is granted. 43 DEVONSHIRE ROAD TREE PRESERVATION ORDER 2024 DC/24/135159

  Received 20 Aug, published by the council 26 Aug 2026 Trees
• DC/26/145120 Awaiting decision

  45A DEVONSHIRE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3EN

  FRONT: ONE False Acacia tree (T2) Ht 10m FELL to ground level and treat stump with eco plugs (broadleaved). REASON: Proposed as a remedy to the differential foundation movement at the insured property and to ensure the long-term stability of the building. The above tree works are proposed to limit the extent and need for expensive and disruptive engineering repair works at the insured property It is the case that an alternative to felling such as pruning or significant 'pollarding' of the tree would not provide a reliable or sustainable remedy to the subsidence in this case. We do not consider that any other potential means of mitigation, including root barriers, would be effective or appropriate in the circumstances. We are satisfied that the evidence obtained following completion of our Arboricultural Implication Assessment report completed 31/01/2024 clearly links the Lime T1 and False Acacia T2 as the cause of damage to the risk address. REPLANTING: Insurers understanding the requirement to offer replacement planting in the event consent to fell is granted. 45 DEVONSHIRE ROAD TREE PRESERVATION ORDER DC/24/136999

  Received 20 Aug, published by the council 26 Aug 2026 Trees
• DC/26/144620 Granted

  249A KIRKDALE, LONDON, SE26 4QD

  FRONT: THREE Lime (T1,T2,T3)(ht.7-8m) carefully re pollard the crown back to old points aproximately 3 metres of regrowth FRONT: ONE hornbeam (T4)(ht.8m) reduce the overall size of crown by 3 metres. These trees are causing excessive shading

  Received 7 Jul, published by the council 20 Aug 2026 Trees
• DC/26/144984 Granted

  9 EXETER PLACE, LONDON, SE26 6AB

  REAR (fronting Wells Park Rd) ONE Sycamore (T2, in TPO A1)(ht.12-14m) FELL by dismantling to safe standing stem or high stump. Reason: health & safety, the tree is in severe physiological and structural decline, leaning towards the road, several branches have already failed, and although a small amount of live growth remains, the tree has no meaningful long-term viability, the significantly compromised structure presents an unacceptable risk of further branch or whole-tree failure onto highway. The proposed removal is necessary to eliminate the risk. The replacement tree is to be a large canopy species planted as near as practicable to the original location. The County of London (Lewisham No.2) Tree Preservation Order, 1957. Informative A: thank you for proposing 4x replacement trees, 1x is required to be a large canopy tree to replace the TPO tree and to maintain the treed boundary character to Wells Park Road for public streetscape amenity, wildlife and shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change ? Hornbeam, Hop hornbeam, sessile oak, Japanese Pagoda Tree, walnut (Juglans regia), Italian alder or grey alder, Caucasian Elm (Zelkova carpinifolia), small leaved lime, Hackberry (Celtis australis), Turkish hazel (Corylus colurna), Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus dioica) - see further planting details below. Informative B: thank you for planting additional voluntary trees for screening, to improve species diversity, and the setting of the property. Informative C: thank you also for looking to retain a safe standing stem/high stump and creating habitat log piles with some dead wood arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.

  Received 5 Aug, published by the council 10 Aug 2026 Trees
• DC/26/144936 Granted

  12 PRINCETHORPE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4PF

  REAR: ONE Lombardy Poplar (T1)(ht.16m) CROWN REDUCE by 10-11m to ht.5-6m, REDUCE SPREAD from 10m to 5m to create new pollard. Reason: multi-stemmed tree has had a major stem failure exposing large cavity approx.2m above gd level. Remaining stem above cavity is weighted towards neighbouring properties and a crown reduction to reduce weight and sail above cavity is urgently needed to minimise risk of future failures. Merely reducing the one stem would drastically change the balance of the overall canopy and exposure to wind would be likely to cause more failures on the remaining stems. Crown reduction is required for safety to reduce overall canopy to approximately 5-6m from ground level (please see annotated photo) to create a new pollard. Informative A: thank you for managing the tree by safe reduction to retain as a low pollard for rear amenity, wildlife and canopy shade to reduce heatwave temperatures due to climate change. Informative B: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.

  Received 3 Aug, published by the council 10 Aug 2026 Trees