81A WICKHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1NH

This site has had 2 applications since 2019: 2 approved, 0 refused.

• DC/20/115392 Granted

  81A WICKHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1NH

  FRONT: ONE Lime (T1)(ht.15m) CROWN LIFT to 3m above ground level, CROWN THIN by 15%. Reason: to clear statutory height over footpath, general crown maintenance.

  Decided 6 Feb 2020 Trees

1. 9 Jan 2019

   Received by Lewisham

2. 22 Jan 2019

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 28 Feb 2019

   Decision issued: Raise No Objection

4. 10 Oct 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Lewisham granted permission on 28 February 2019, 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.

• 83 WICKHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1NH

  DC/19/112454 Submitted 29 May 2019 50 yards away

  FRONT: ONE Hawthorn (T1) FELL and plant a replacement hawthorn tree (Reason: approx.ht.6m, large stem cavity and recent branch loss). FRONT: ONE Hawthorn (T2) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 2m from 7m to 5m and REDUCE RADIUS by 2m at all compass points (Reason: to make over-extended branches safe over public highway).

  Granted Trees 6 docs

• 93 WICKHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1NH

  DC/21/121457 Submitted 22 Apr 2021 50 yards away

  FRONT: ONE Fig (T1,ht.6-8m) CROWN REDUCE RADIUS by 4m from r.8m to r.4m REAR: ONE Olive (T2,ht.14m) REDUCE HEIGHT by 7m from 14m to 7m, REDUCE RADIUS by 4m from r.8m to r.4m on all compass points REAR: ONE Ash (T3,ht.10m) REDUCE HEIGHT by 4m from 10m to 6m, REDUCE RADIUS by 3m from r.7m to r.4m on all compass points. Reason: routine maintenance to retain trees within garden settings.

  Granted Trees

• 81A WICKHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1NH

  DC/20/115392 Submitted 22 Jan 2020 50 yards away

  FRONT: ONE Lime (T1)(ht.15m) CROWN LIFT to 3m above ground level, CROWN THIN by 15%. Reason: to clear statutory height over footpath, general crown maintenance.

  Granted Trees 3 docs

• 136 BREAKSPEARS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1UA

  DC/24/137450 Submitted 18 Sep 2024 50 yards away

  FRONT ONE Magnolia tree (T1): CROWN REDUCTION by ht 1.5m from 5.0m to 3.5m, crown spread by 1m from 3.5m to 2.5m CROWN THINNING by 10% - REASON: Routine maintenance. Informative A: The sensitive management of the tree is greatly appreciated for landscape amenity, wildlife, wellbeing, and urban forest canopy for environmental benefits to mitigate the effects of climate change. Informative B: Wherever possible, please create habitat log piles in the garden from cut branches for wildlife and biodiversity.

  Granted Trees 5 docs

• 175 BREAKSPEARS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1UA

  DC/26/145139 Submitted 21 Aug 2026 50 yards away

  (T3) Sycamore Prune back to boundary by approx. 1.5-2m - routine maintenance. Height from 6.0m to...

  Granted Trees

• 173 BREAKSPEARS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1UA

  DC/26/145137 Submitted 21 Aug 2026 50 yards away

  (T2) Sycamore Prune back to boundary by approx. 1.5-2m - routine maintenance. Height from 6.0m to...

  Granted Trees

• 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