1A DRAKE ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1QH

1. 30 Jan 2019

   Received by Lewisham

2. 7 Feb 2019

   Decision issued: Raise No Objection

3. 25 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Lewisham granted permission on 7 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.

• 6 DRAKE ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1QH

  DC/25/141431 Submitted 15 Sep 2025 50 yards away

  REAR: ONE Himalayan Birch (T1 )(ht.10m) FELL. Reason: proximity to rear elevation and suggested is causing internal cracking and movement, health and safety, blocks light, overhangs neighbours garden. Informative A: birch is a NHBC low water demand species - to determine if a tree may be causal in structural issues it is usual for site investigation to be undertaken into foundation depth, soil type, level monitoring and tree root identification below foundation. Informative B: replacement tree planting is encouraged further from the rear elevation, for rear amenity, wildlife and shade to reduce high temperatures in increasingly hot summers due to climate change, suggest species selected from NHBC low water demand list such as birch, elder, hazel, laburnum, magnolia, mulberry, holly. Informative C: please create habitat log piles and dead hedge with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.

  Granted Trees 8 docs

• 3 DRAKE ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1QH

  DC/19/112244 Submitted 13 May 2019 50 yards away

  REAR: TWO Bay (G1) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by approx.2m, from approx.ht 6m to 4m, REDUCE RADIUS by approx.1m on all compass points REAR: ONE Bay (T2) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by approx.2m, from 6m to 4m, REDUCE RADIUS by approx.1m on all compass points. Reason: to re-establish pruning regime to maintain as large shrubs

  Granted Trees 8 docs

• 11 DRAKE ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1QH

  DC/26/143334 Submitted 12 Mar 2026 50 yards away

  FRONT: ONE Dead Cherry (T1)(ht.5m) FELL. Duty to replace applies. Reason: health & safety, the tree is dead, located adjacent to a public footpath, privately owned. Informative A: the landowner has a duty to plant another tree of an appropriate size and species when a tree is removed in a conservation area because it is dead or presents an immediate risk of serious harm. Ref. Tree Preservation Orders and trees in conservation areas, guidance, para 121. Informative B: replacement tree species to be selected from: cherry, hawthorn, crab apple, quince (Cydonia oblonga), hazel, alder buckthorn, holly, Laburnum, elder - for amenity, wildlife and shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change. Informative C: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.

  Granted Trees 5 docs

• 1 DRAKE ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1QH

  DC/19/112209 Submitted 9 May 2019 50 yards away

  REAR: ONE Pear (T1) LATERAL REDUCTION by 2m, from 5m to 3m on left hand (E side) to clear overhang to neighbouring garden (no.3 Drake Road)(approx.ht.8-10m).

  Granted Trees 3 docs

• 4 DRAKE ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1QH

  DC/26/143907 Submitted 4 May 2026 50 yards away

  ONE apple tree (T1)(hts.6m) CROWN REDUCTION HEIGHT by 1m from 6m to 5m SPREAD by 1m from 4m to 3m. CROWN THIN by 25 %. Reason: Reduction on all laterals and verticals, back to appropriate growth points, as part of regular maintenance. ONE apple tree (T2)(hts.6m) CROWN REDUCTION HEIGHT by 1m from 6m to 5m, SPREAD by 1m from 4m to 3m. CROWN THIN by 25 %. Reason: Reduction on all laterals and verticals, back to appropriate growth points, as part of regular maintenance. Informative A: The sensitive management of Lewisham trees 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 4 docs

• 10 DRAKE ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1QH

  DC/25/141310 Submitted 1 Sep 2025 50 yards away

  REAR: ONE Sycamore (T1)(ht.10-12m) FELL. Reason: the multi-stemmed tree is pushing against and causing the rear garden side boundary wall between no.8 and no.10 to move off-vertical and crack. Informative A: removing only the stem(s) closest to the wall is encouraged with any roots accommodated by a bridging lintel in the wall to retain stems for amenity, wildlife and shade to reduce high temperatures in increasingly hot summers due to climate change. Informative B: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity. Informative C: please plant new tree(s), species such as crab apple, whitebeam, pear, Persian Ironwood (Parrotia persica), bird cherry, paperbark maple, hazel, hawthorn, holly, strawberry tree, mulberry, medlar, Albizzia julibrissin, Judas Tree (Cercis siliquastrum) to maintain the treed landscape character of Brockley conservation area, for rear amenity and wildlife habitat. Informative D: while the council may raise no objection to the tree works, before any tree works are undertaken prior consent and any permissions such as for access need to be obtained from the owner of the tree.

  Granted Trees 14 docs
  Small domestic

• 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/26/144620 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
• DC/26/145009 Awaiting decision

  CLARENDON HOTEL, 8-16 MONTPELIER ROW, LONDON, SE3 0RW

  REAR: ONE: Beech Tree ( T4) ( TPO T34 of TPO 1976 ) Height approx. 25+m. FELL to ground level. REASON: For health & safety reasons we request the tree be completely felled due to disease. The tree is in a private car park within the hotel boundry.The tree branches are incredibly fragile & prone to breakage.

  Received 10 Aug, published by the council 7 Sep 2026 Trees