7 COBBSTHORPE VILLAS, QUEENSTHORPE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4PL

1. 14 Oct 2019

   Received by Lewisham

2. 7 Nov 2019

   Decision issued: Raise No Objection

3. 28 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Lewisham granted permission on 7 November 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.

• 8 COBBSTHORPE VILLAS, QUEENSTHORPE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4PL

  DC/19/113172 Submitted 22 Jul 2019 50 yards away

  REAR: ONE Purple leaved Norway Maple CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 1.5m from approx.ht.4.5m to 3m, REDUCE RADIUS by 1m from 2.5m to 1.5m. CROWN THIN by 25%. Reason: to retain within the garden situation and reduce shade.

  Granted Trees 7 docs

• 1 COBBSTHORPE VILLAS, QUEENSTHORPE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4PL

  DC/26/142753 Submitted 22 Jan 2026 50 yards away

  REAR:ONE Norway Maple tree (T1)(ht. 8m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 1.5m from 8m to 6.5 m. Reason: General 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

• 8 COBBSTHORPE VILLAS, QUEENSTHORPE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4PL

  DC/25/142076 Submitted 10 Nov 2025 50 yards away

  REAR: ONE Norway maple tree (T1) CROWN REDUCTION by 1.5m from 3m to 1.5m to previous pruning points leaving 1.5m REASON: To retain small canopy for small urban garden 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

• 5 QUEENSTHORPE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4PJ

  DC/26/145333 Submitted 9 Sep 2026 50 yards away

  87% historically approved · decision due ~4 Nov

  REAR: ONE Conifer tree (T1) Ht approx 5m FELL to ground level. REASON: Due to growing in fence. ...

  Awaiting decision Trees
  Small domestic

• LOWER FLAT, 8 QUEENSTHORPE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4PH

  DC/19/113993 Submitted 24 Sep 2019 50 yards away

  REAR: ONE Robinia 'frisia' (T1) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 4m from 16m to 12m, CROWN THIN by 20%. Reason: proximity to property. Informative: It is noted with thanks and appreciation that the tree is being retained to benefit the environment, the urban forest and climate change mitigation.

  Granted Trees 6 docs

• 14 QUEENSTHORPE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4PH

  DC/21/121871 Submitted 19 May 2021 50 yards away

  REAR: ONE Black Poplar (T1)(approx.ht.18-20m) HEIGHT REDUCE by approx.12m to approx.ht 6-7m; remove approx.8-10m long pollard poles, lower previous pollard heads at approx.ht.10m by approx.4m to ht.6-7m, and remove central decayed branch to leave 2 main branch forks at 5-6m. Reason: Urgent health & safety, overhanging gardens. Major decay hollow discovered above main stem forks while undertaking decision notice DC/20/117442 to reduce height to 15m. Decay not visible from ground level.To enable tree to be retained to regrow after extensive reduction to make safe. Informative: it is greatly appreciated that timber will be left on site for habitat log piles and biodiversity.

  Granted Trees 11 docs

• 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
• DC/26/144752 Granted

  6B WESTWOOD PARK, LONDON, SE23 3QB

  FRONT: MIXED Hedge (MX1) To cut back to boundary line to prevent encroachment onto pavement. Height is currently 2m remaining the same by a spread of 2m reducing to 1.5M on the pavement side (South). General maintenance. REAR: ONE Sycamore (T1) CROWN REDUCTION by 2m shaping accoringly. HEIGHT 2m from 12m to 10m & LATERALS 2m from 7m to 5m on all compass points. Remove major deadwood. To sever Ivy at base to 2 metres from ground level.

  Received 15 Jul, published by the council 8 Aug 2026 Trees