ALDER HOUSE, BREAKSPEARS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1TT

1. 16 Oct 2019

   Received by Lewisham

2. 21 Nov 2019

   Decision issued: Raise No Objection

3. 28 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Lewisham granted permission on 21 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.

• LILAC HOUSE, BREAKSPEARS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1TU

  DC/25/141657 Submitted 1 Oct 2025 50 yards away

  The installation of replacement roof coverings, new tapered insulation and all associated works at 1-16 Lilac House, Breakspears Road SE4

  Granted Full applications Roofing 11 docs

• 82 TRESSILLIAN ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1YD

  DC/19/113735 Submitted 3 Sep 2019 50 yards away

  REAR: ONE Oak (T1) HEIGHT REDUCTION by 2m from 12m to 10m & DIAMETER REDUCTION by 2m from 10m to 8m. Reason: crown reduction to reduce shade.

  Granted Trees 5 docs

• 88A TRESSILLIAN ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1YD

  DC/20/115197 Submitted 7 Jan 2020 50 yards away

  FRONT: ONE Sycamore (T1)(approx.ht.12m, multi-stemmed) CROWN LIFT to 3m over pavement and 6m over highway, POLLARD by 1m to previous pollard points. Reason: to clear highway and overhead telephone wires through canopy.

  Granted Trees 5 docs

• 84 TRESSILLIAN ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1YD

  DC/25/142120 Submitted 13 Nov 2025 50 yards away

  REAR: ONE Sycamore (T1)(ht.9m) LATERAL REDUCE up to 1.5mm on N & W compass points over parking area of Alder House. Reason: facilitation pruning for access for crane to reduce poplar in rear garden no.65 Breakspears Road ref 5-day notice DC/25/141686. Informative A: huge thank you for contacting the London Bat Group to check for any bat roosting activity in the mature poplar in rear garden no.65 Breakspears Road (5-day notice ref DC/25/141686) prior to reduction works and looking to retain as much of the poplar as safe to do so for amenity, wildlife and biodiversity. Informative B: to thank for sensitive lateral reduction of sycamore T1 to retain tree amenity, tree aesthetics, screening, wildlife habitat 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 2 docs

• 90-92 TRESSILLIAN ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1YD

  DC/19/113069 Submitted 9 Jul 2019 50 yards away

  REAR: ONE Sycamore (T1)(rear no.90) REDUCE HEIGHT/POLLARD by approx. 5-6m from approx.ht 10-12m to approx.ht.6m. Reason: for safety ? the basal stem and root decay fungus Kretzchmaria deusta (Ustulina deusta), known as brittle cinder has been identified by arboricultural contractor. Infected trees are prone to sudden collapse. Works are to remove all large branches, some to previous reduction points, to make the tree safe. The tree is to be monitored afterwards with regard to long term safety. Informative: retain deadwood logs and standing deadwood where safe to do so for biodiversity and habitat for the nationally endangered stag beetle which has a strong hold in SE London.

  Granted Trees 2 docs

• 82 BREAKSPEARS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1TS

  DC/25/141572 Submitted 25 Sep 2025 50 yards away

  REAR: ONE Lawson Cypress tree (T1) Ht 6m FELL to ground level. REASON: To allow more light into the garden given the trees size and stature. Informative A: The tree contributes to the urban forest and rear amenity, wildlife and environmental benefits including cooling temperatures in increasingly hot summers with climate change; Informative B: We would like to strongly encourage the planting of one or two small canopy broad-leaf replacement trees to maintain the treed landscape character beside Harefield Road and amenity of Brockley conservation area, for wildlife, screening, and shade to reduce high temperatures in increasingly hot summers due to climate change; please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity; 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.

  Granted Trees 5 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/26/144936 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
• DC/26/144742 Granted

  13A AVON ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1QQ

  ONE Eucalyptus (T2) CROWN LIFT to 3m, CROWN THIN by 10%, CROWN REDUCTION to previous pruning points, HEIGHT by 2m from 9 mto 7m, LATERALS by 2m from 6.5m to 4.5m & CROWN HEIGHT by 1m from 2m to 3m. Reasons: Routine maintenance. Too large for garden size, causing excess shading.

  Received 14 Jul, published by the council 8 Aug 2026 Trees