Skip to content
PlanIndex Get alerts
Menu

Planning application

HOLY CROSS RC SCHOOL, CULVERLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2LD

Granted Lewisham DC/19/111859 Trees in Conservation Areas

Works: Trees

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

REAR: ONE Silver Birch (T1) FELL (approx.ht.5-6m, poor condition, damage to playground surface) REAR: ONE Cotoneaster tree (T2) FELL (approx.ht.5-6m, damage to brickwork - at base of brick wall) Informative: If space permits, the school and street environment would be improved with a green ivy screen or hedge established along the inside of the Sangley Road school boundary and any replacement trees would also be beneficial and welcomed.

As published by the council, reference DC/19/111859

Application record

Reference
DC/19/111859
Type
Trees in Conservation Areas
Status
Decided
Decision
Raise No Objection
Received
11 Apr 2019
Validated
11 Apr 2019
Decided
21 May 2019
Ward
Catford South
Parish
Does NOT need to go to BCAP
Postcode
SE6 2LD

Site history

Applications at this address on the Lewisham register

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

  • DC/25/142083 Granted

    HOLY CROSS RC SCHOOL, CULVERLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2LD

    FRONT: ONE Pine (T1)(ht.7m, spread 4m) FELL. Reason: the tree is heavily leaning over Sangley Road, lean increasing since 2024, now resting on the fence (causing damage) and overhanging a bus stop, concrete over to match the other tree that was previously removed ref DC/19/111859. Informative A: replacement tree planting is encouraged along the boundary with Sangley Road for streetscape amenity, to reduce air pollution for pupils, and for amenity, wildlife and shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change ? replacement planting also encouraged in previous tree notice DC/19/111859 to fell due to tree condition issues. Informative B: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.

    Decided 15 Dec 2025 Trees

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 11 Apr 2019

    Received by Lewisham

  2. 21 May 2019

    Decision issued: Raise No Objection

  3. 30 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

1 later application on the register refers to this one:

  • DC/25/142083 Granted

    HOLY CROSS RC SCHOOL, CULVERLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2LD

    FRONT: ONE Pine (T1)(ht.7m, spread 4m) FELL. Reason: the tree is heavily leaning over Sangley Road, lean increasing since 2024, now resting on the fence (causing damage) and overhanging a bus stop, concrete over to match the other tree that was previously removed ref DC/19/111859. Informative A: replacement tree planting is encouraged along the boundary with Sangley Road for streetscape amenity, to reduce air pollution for pupils, and for amenity, wildlife and shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change ? replacement planting also encouraged in previous tree notice DC/19/111859 to fell due to tree condition issues. Informative B: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.

    Decided 15 Dec 2025 Trees

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Agent on file, a tree-works contractor

103 applications on PlanIndex · across 5 councils · 100% granted

Trade members see who it is, their full track record, and every application they have filed.

See who's behind it

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

3 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

Trade members open them from here.

Open the documents

What this grant of permission means

Lewisham granted permission on 21 May 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.

About tree works applications

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.

Nearby applications

Within 500 metres

  • 69 CULVERLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2LD

    DC/20/115216 Submitted 9 Jan 2020 0m away

    Installation of one window in the front elevation at 69 Culverley Road SE6.

    Granted Householder Windows or glazing 7 docs
    Domestic

  • 95 CULVERLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2LD

    DC/21/121234 Submitted 8 Apr 2021 0m away

    Construction of a dormer extension to the rear roof slope of 95 Culverley Road, SE6

    Refused Householder Extension Loft or dormer 5 docs
    Domestic

  • 93 CULVERLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2LD

    DC/19/113487 Submitted 13 Aug 2019 0m away

    The demolition of the ensuite side extension and construction of a single storey side infill extension at 93 Culverley Road, SE6, together with installation of a window to the side.

    Granted Householder Extension Demolition +1 8 docs
    Small domestic

  • 59 CULVERLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2LD

    DC/26/143418 Submitted 20 Mar 2026 0m away

    REAR: ONE Ashleaf Maple/Box Elder (T6808)(ht.12m) RE-POLLARD HEIGHT by approx.2-3m. to approx.ht.10m to historic points. Reason: repeat maintenance, reduced in past, regrown pollard, moderate lean to south, no significant defects. 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 6 docs

  • 59 CULVERLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2LD

    DC/26/143007 Submitted 16 Feb 2026 0m away

    REAR: HEIGHT 15m CROWN LIFT approx. 4m above ground level. REASON: Following findings from a tree survey. 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

  • HOLY CROSS RC SCHOOL, CULVERLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE6 2LD

    DC/25/142083 Submitted 11 Nov 2025 0m away

    FRONT: ONE Pine (T1)(ht.7m, spread 4m) FELL. Reason: the tree is heavily leaning over Sangley Road, lean increasing since 2024, now resting on the fence (causing damage) and overhanging a bus stop, concrete over to match the other tree that was previously removed ref DC/19/111859. Informative A: replacement tree planting is encouraged along the boundary with Sangley Road for streetscape amenity, to reduce air pollution for pupils, and for amenity, wildlife and shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change ? replacement planting also encouraged in previous tree notice DC/19/111859 to fell due to tree condition issues. Informative B: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.

    Granted Trees 6 docs
    Small domestic

In Lewisham

  • DC/26/145195 Granted

    8 LEE ROAD, LONDON, SE3 9RT

    REAR: ONE Robinia (TPO T5)(approx.ht.12m) POLLARD three main stems by approx.6m to ht.6m. Reason: safety retrenchement, extensive die back of canopy, Kretzschmaria deusta (Brittle Cinder wood-decay fungus) found at base of tree. The London Borough of Lewisham (Page Heath Estate no.5) Tree Preservation Order 1976. Informative A: huge thank you for managing the TPO tree to retain for amenity, wildlife and shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change. Informative B: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.

    27 Aug 2026 Trees
  • DC/26/145174 Awaiting decision

    KEMSLEY, LEWISHAM PARK, LONDON, SE13 6QW

    FRONT (to Lewisham High St): ONE Crab Apple (5240) Ht 2m FELL - (not in TPO). Reason: Dead tree - Following findings from a tree survey. Duty to replace dead tree in conservation area. REPLACEMENT PROPOSAL: We will replace the dead apple with another apple, so a like for like replacement. The whip will be 1-1.5m as you have requested. The tree will be protected with support from a stake, mulch will be added around the base and due to the size and girth of the tree, we will also provide a strimmer guard to go around the base of the tree to protect from any possible strimmer damage. See DC/26/144684 fro Two TPO trees; Copper Beech & False Acacia trees

    25 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

    7 Jul 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.

    10 Aug 2026 Trees
  • DC/26/144989 Awaiting decision

    79 DACRE PARK, LONDON, SE13 5BX

    REAR: ONE: Cherry Tree (T1) Ht 6m. FELL to ground level. REASON: Dead tree. RFW Routine maintenance. FRONT: ONE: Cherry Tree (T2) CROWN REDUCTION by 2.5m from 12m to 9.5m. SPREAD by 2.5m from 6.5m to 4m. REASON: remove major deadwood. RFW Routine maintenance.

    6 Aug 2026 Trees