22 GEOFFREY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1NT

1. 3 May 2021

   Received by Lewisham

2. 4 Jun 2021

   Decision issued: Raise No Objection

3. 28 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Lewisham granted permission on 4 June 2021, 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.

• 54 GEOFFREY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1NT

  DC/19/113211 Submitted 23 Jul 2019 50 yards away

  The demolition of the existing upper ground floor rear extension at 54 Geoffrey Road, SE4 and construction of a first floor rear extension, construction of a rear dormer roof extension together with the installation of 1 x No. rooflight in the flank roofslope, and alterations to the lower ground floor fenestration on the side and rear elevations.

  Granted Householder Extension Loft or dormer +2 12 docs
  Domestic

• 14 GEOFFREY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1NT

  DC/19/114270 Submitted 14 Oct 2019 50 yards away

  The construction of a first floor extension to the side of 14 Geoffrey Road, SE4, together with insertion of access stairs and door to the front elevation of the lower ground floor.

  Refused Householder Extension 12 docs
  Domestic

• 56B GEOFFREY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1NT

  DC/22/129443 Submitted 29 Nov 2022 50 yards away

  Construction of a two storey rear extension at 56B Geoffrey Road, SE4.

  Refused Full applications Extension 15 docs

• 54 GEOFFREY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1NT

  DC/26/143837 Submitted 28 Apr 2026 50 yards away

  REAR: ONE Ash (T1)(ht.9m) FELL. Reason: multi-stemmed specimen with poor unions at the base, ongoing damage to the neighbouring fence and structural cracking in the neighbour's patio, removal to mitigate further risk and prevent additional property damage. A native pollinator will be planted as a replacement. Informative A: huge thank you for replacement tree planting elsewhere in the rear garden, for amenity, wildlife and to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change species such as: elder, crab apple, wayfaring tree, hawthorn, Amelanchier, hazel, quince (Cydonia oblonga,) Magnolia, alder buckthorn, winter flowering cherry, paperbark maple. Informative B: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity. Informative C: remember to include gravel boards with hedgehog highway holes in fencing.

  Granted Trees 6 docs
  Small domestic

• 26C GEOFFREY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1NT

  DC/19/111897 Submitted 15 Apr 2019 50 yards away

  Conversion of existing flat roofs to roof terraces, including construction of a roof dormer, installation of French doors, erection of external staircase, raising brick parapets, and erection of metal railings to proposed external staircase and periphery of proposed roof terraces at 26C Geoffrey Road, SE4.

  Refused Full applications Loft or dormer Windows or glazing 8 docs

• 62 GEOFFREY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1NT

  DC/19/113020 Submitted 10 Jul 2019 50 yards away

  REAR: ONE Ash (T1)(approx.ht.8m) FELL. Reason: against boundary fence and shed and near rear elevation of property. REAR: ONE GROUP Ash stems (T2)(approx.ht.10m) REDUCE HEIGHT by approx.5m, THIN by 30%, retaining one stem with unreduced canopy if possible. Reason: against boundary fence. REAR: ONE Apple (T3)(approx.ht.5m) CROWN LIFT to 2.5m. Reason: to clear fence top REAR: ONE Apple (T4)(approx.ht.8m) REDUCE HEIGHT by approx.2-3m, REDUCE RADIUS by approx.1m to previous prune points, THIN for selective branches. REAR: ONE Pear (T5)(approx.ht.8m) REDUCE HEIGHT by approx.2-3m, REDUCE RADIUS by approx.1m to previous prune points, THIN for selective branches. Informative: the railway line to the rear of the garden is designated in the Lewisham Local Plan as a Site of Interest for Nature Conservation (SINC) and Green Corridor. The voluntary planting of a tree at the end of the garden would be greatly welcomed to enhance the wildlife habitat and urban greening. Suggested species include wild cherry (Prunus avium), wild pear (Pyrus communis), crab apple (Malus sylvestris), field maple (Acer campestre) and hazel (Corylus avellana).

  Granted Trees
  Small domestic

• 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