4 MICHAELS CLOSE, LONDON, SE13 5BP

This site has had 4 applications since 2013: 2 approved, 0 refused.

• DC/21/124699 Withdrawn

  4 MICHAELS CLOSE, LONDON, SE13 5BP

  Demolition of existing wooden shed and construction of a garden outbuilding to the rear of the ground floor flat at 4 Michaels Close, SE13.

  Decided 4 Mar 2022 Full applications
• DC/14/086841 Withdrawn

  4 MICHAELS CLOSE, LONDON, SE13 5BP

  Fell three conifers and one pyracantha shrub, crown reduce one lime tree all in the rear garden.

  Decided 21 Jun 2017 Trees
• DC/13/083336 Granted

  4 MICHAELS CLOSE, LONDON, SE13 5BP

  Rear Garden - ONE Magnolia (A), ONE Pine (C) & ONE Fir (D) Crown Lift to 170 cm Above Ground Level and ONE Leylandii FELL.

  Decided 21 May 2013 Trees

1. 26 Apr 2013

   Received by Lewisham

2. 21 May 2013

   Decision issued: Raise No Objection

3. 20 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Lewisham granted permission on 21 May 2013, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.

• 4 MICHAELS CLOSE, LONDON, SE13 5BP

  DC/21/124699 Submitted 8 Dec 2021 50 yards away

  Demolition of existing wooden shed and construction of a garden outbuilding to the rear of the ground floor flat at 4 Michaels Close, SE13.

  Withdrawn Full applications Demolition 7 docs
  Small domestic

• 4 MICHAELS CLOSE, LONDON, SE13 5BP

  DC/14/086841 Submitted 12 Mar 2014 50 yards away

  Fell three conifers and one pyracantha shrub, crown reduce one lime tree all in the rear garden.

  Withdrawn Trees 1 doc

• 13 MICHAELS CLOSE, LONDON, SE13 5BP

  DC/22/128635 Submitted 30 Sep 2022 50 yards away

  REAR SIDE (next Margarets Passage): ONE dead Horse Chestnut (approx.ht.20-24m) FELL and replace. Reason: health & safety, on raised ground adjacent to pedestrian pathway, property and school. Duty to replace applies, Tree Preservation Orders and trees in conservation areas guidance, para 121. Informative A: Thank you for confirming the planting of a replacement tree. Duty to replace - Tree Preservation Orders and trees in conservation areas, guidance, para 121 'The same duty applies (to plant a replacement tree) if a tree in a conservation area is removed because it is dead or presents an immediate risk of serious harm.' Please plant a large canopy replacement tree such as: small leaved lime, oak, sycamore, Robinia, Norway maple, wild cherry, beech, field maple, whitebeam, wild service tree (Sorbus torminalis), hornbeam, Indian horse chestnut, Tulip tree, wingnut, Pride of India/Golden Rain tree (Koelreuteria paniculata), Japanese pagoda tree, Italian alder, Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis), Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus dioica) to maintain landscape amenity of this part of the Blackheath conservation area, maintain the urban forest canopy and mitigate the climate emergency. Informative B: where possible and safe the retention of standing dead timber is encouraged for wildlife habitat especially for the endangered stag beetle, the creation of log and wood piles and 'dead hedges' from cut branches laid horizontally between stakes on site to mitigate the biodiversity crisis.

  Granted Trees

• 8 Manor Park Parade, Lee High Road, SE13 5BP

  05/059768/FT Submitted 18 May 2005 50 yards away

  Certificate of Lawfulness in respect of the use of the ground floor rear flat at 8 Manor Park Parade, Lee High Road SE13 as a self contained flat.

  Granted Lawful development

• 13 MICHAELS CLOSE, LONDON, SE13 5BP

  DC/14/087650 Submitted 21 May 2014 50 yards away

  Rear Garden: T1-Lime (Tilia spp.) 40% crown thin to improve light, reduce back overhanging branches to the roof leaving 1,5 metres space from branches to roof line. Crown lift by removal of epicormic growth from base to crown break.

  Granted Trees 1 doc

• 13 MICHAELS CLOSE, LONDON, SE13 5BP

  DC/14/87650 Submitted 21 May 2014 50 yards away

  Rear Garden: T1-Lime (Tilia spp.) 40% crown thin to improve light, reduce back overhanging branches to the roof leaving 1,5 metres space from branches to roof line. Crown lift by removal of epicormic growth from base to crown break.

  Granted Trees 1 doc

• 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