4 DRAKE ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1QH

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

• DC/26/143907 Granted

  4 DRAKE ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1QH

  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.

  Decided 18 May 2026 Trees

1. 25 Jun 2019

   Received by Lewisham

2. 16 Aug 2019

   Decision issued: Granted

3. 3 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Lewisham granted permission on 16 August 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.

Householder applications cover work to an existing house and its garden, such as extensions, lofts and outbuildings, and cannot create a separate dwelling or change what the building is used for. More in our guide to planning application types.

• 6 DRAKE ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1QH

  DC/25/141431 Submitted 15 Sep 2025 0m 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 0m 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 0m 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 0m 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 0m 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 0m 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/26/144603 Granted

  6 FRIENDLY STREET, LONDON, SE8 4DT

  Patial demoltion of existing rear additions, construction of a new single storey rear extension and all associated works at 6 Friendly Street, SE8

  6 Jul 2026 Householder
• DC/26/145218 Awaiting decision

  24 THORNWOOD ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5RG

  The construction of a single-storey rear extension and rear terrace at 24 Thornwood Road, SE13.

  28 Aug 2026 Householder
• DC/26/142856 Granted

  21 HAREFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1LW

  Retrospective planning permission for the construction of timber decking, shed, pergola and a boundary fence in the rear garden of 21 Harefield Road SE4.

  2 Feb 2026 Householder
• DC/26/143406 Granted

  124 WALLER ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5LU

  Lowering of the existing basement, removal of door at basement level and installation of a window, replacement double-glazed windows, alterations to the rear conservatory, prefabricated cycle storage unit in the front garden and all associated works at 124 Waller Road SE14

  19 Mar 2026 Householder
• DC/26/145072 Withdrawn

  18 HORSMONDEN ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1RG

  Roof level dormer extension and rear extension to mid terraced property

  17 Aug 2026 Householder