ROKEBY HOUSE, UPPER BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1SY

This site has had 2 applications since 2018: 2 approved, 0 refused.

• DC/18/110113 Granted

  ROKEBY HOUSE UPPER BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1SY

  REAR: ONE Laburnum (T2) LATERAL REDUCTION by approx.0.5m on N compass point (for clearance from building)(small tree approx.ht 4-5m)REAR: ONE Sycamore (T3) LATERAL REDUCTION by approx.2m from approx.6m to approx.4m on N & W compass points (for clearance from building)(mature tree approx.ht 12m)

  Decided 11 Mar 2019 Trees

1. 12 Dec 2018

   Received by Lewisham

2. 13 Feb 2019

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 11 Mar 2019

   Decision issued: Granted

4. 10 Oct 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Lewisham granted permission on 11 March 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.

• 37 UPPER BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1SY

  DC/26/143210 Submitted 4 Mar 2026 50 yards away

  FRONT: TWO lime (T1, T2)(ht.6m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 2m from 6m to ht.4m, REDUCE SPREAD by 1m from 4m to 3m, CROWN THIN by 25%. Reason: regular maintenance of the two pollard limes to reduce all laterals and verticals, back to appropriate growth points. Informative A: The sensitive management of the 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 5 docs

• ROKEBY HOUSE UPPER BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1SY

  DC/18/110113 Submitted 12 Dec 2018 50 yards away

  REAR: ONE Laburnum (T2) LATERAL REDUCTION by approx.0.5m on N compass point (for clearance from building)(small tree approx.ht 4-5m)REAR: ONE Sycamore (T3) LATERAL REDUCTION by approx.2m from approx.6m to approx.4m on N & W compass points (for clearance from building)(mature tree approx.ht 12m)

  Granted Trees 2 docs

• 67A UPPER BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1SY

  DC/26/142627 Submitted 12 Jan 2026 50 yards away

  The installation of replacement timber windows at the front and rear of 67A Upper Brockley Road SE4

  Granted Full applications Windows or glazing 7 docs

• 31 UPPER BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1SY

  DC/26/142730 Submitted 20 Jan 2026 50 yards away

  FRONT: TWO Lime (T1,T2)(approx.ht.6-8m) FELL and replace with 2 smaller tree species such as magnolia or cherry. REASON: (1) Repeat maintenance required to pollard them each year, (2) they have caused extensive damage to the wall of our front garden (3) the height of the trees is a safety concern; they come right to the top of the second floor of the house. Informative A: to thank for the proposed replacement tree planting for urban greening amenity, wildlife habitat, to reduce air pollution, to cool temperatures in increasingly high summer heatwaves due to climate change. Informative B: suggested replacement species, magnolia, crab apple, hawthorn, hazel, winter flowering cherry, Orange Bark Myrtle, witch hazel, elder, Cornus mas. Informative C: please spread bark mulch around the base of the new trees clear of the stem, with watering regime to drench thoroughly with 25 litres at least fortnightly from beg April-end Sept for 5yrs whatever the weather. Informative D: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.

  Granted Trees 6 docs

• 11 A & B UPPER BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1SY

  DC/19/115111 Submitted 20 Dec 2019 50 yards away

  Installation of replacement timber windows on front elevation and uPVC windows on rear elevation together with the installation of replacement doors at 11 A-B Upper Brockley Road, SE4.

  Granted Full applications Windows or glazing 14 docs

• 67A UPPER BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1SY

  DC/19/114239 Submitted 7 Oct 2019 50 yards away

  REAR/SIDE: ONE Lime stem FELL. Reason: Health and safety. This is the remaining stem of a twin-stemmed lime whose stem on the NW compass point split away at ground level and collapsed causing significant bark loss and exposing basal decay and heart wood. Also possible historic basal fire damage. Informative: Duty to replace - the owner has a duty to plant another tree of an appropriate size and species at the same place as soon as he or she reasonably can if a tree in a conservation area is removed because it is dead or presents an immediate risk of serious harm under 5 Day Notice. (Para 121 of Tree Preservation Orders and trees in conservation areas guidance). It would be appreciated if the Council could be notified when the replacement tree has been planted.

  Granted Trees 2 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