Planning application
13 MICHAELS CLOSE, LONDON, SE13 5BP
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
REAR SIDE (next Margarets Passage): ONE dead Horse Chestnut (approx.ht.20-24m) FELL and replace. Reason: health & safety, on raised ground adjacent to pedestrian pathway, property and school. Duty to replace applies, Tree Preservation Orders and trees in conservation areas guidance, para 121. Informative A: Thank you for confirming the planting of a replacement tree. Duty to replace - Tree Preservation Orders and trees in conservation areas, guidance, para 121 'The same duty applies (to plant a replacement tree) if a tree in a conservation area is removed because it is dead or presents an immediate risk of serious harm.' Please plant a large canopy replacement tree such as: small leaved lime, oak, sycamore, Robinia, Norway maple, wild cherry, beech, field maple, whitebeam, wild service tree (Sorbus torminalis), hornbeam, Indian horse chestnut, Tulip tree, wingnut, Pride of India/Golden Rain tree (Koelreuteria paniculata), Japanese pagoda tree, Italian alder, Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis), Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus dioica) to maintain landscape amenity of this part of the Blackheath conservation area, maintain the urban forest canopy and mitigate the climate emergency. Informative B: where possible and safe the retention of standing dead timber is encouraged for wildlife habitat especially for the endangered stag beetle, the creation of log and wood piles and 'dead hedges' from cut branches laid horizontally between stakes on site to mitigate the biodiversity crisis.
As published by the council, reference DC/22/128635
Application record
- Reference
- DC/22/128635
- Type
- Dead & Hazardous Trees
- Status
- Registered
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 30 Sep 2022
- Validated
- 29 Sep 2022
- Decided
- 30 Sep 2022
- Ward
- Blackheath
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- SE13 5BP
Site history
Applications at this address on the Lewisham register
This site has had 5 applications since 2009: 5 approved, 0 refused.
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DC/14/087650 Granted
13 MICHAELS CLOSE, LONDON, SE13 5BP
Rear Garden: T1-Lime (Tilia spp.) 40% crown thin to improve light, reduce back overhanging branches to the roof leaving 1,5 metres space from branches to roof line. Crown lift by removal of epicormic growth from base to crown break.
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DC/14/87650 Granted
13 MICHAELS CLOSE, LONDON, SE13 5BP
Rear Garden: T1-Lime (Tilia spp.) 40% crown thin to improve light, reduce back overhanging branches to the roof leaving 1,5 metres space from branches to roof line. Crown lift by removal of epicormic growth from base to crown break.
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DC/09/072816/FT Granted
13 MICHAELS CLOSE, LONDON, SE13 5BP
Crown lift, remove one large and two smaller overhanging limbs, dead wood and epicormic growth from a Horse Chestnut tree at 13 Michaels Close, SE13.
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DC/09/72816/FT Granted
13 MICHAELS CLOSE, LONDON, SE13 5BP
Crown lift, remove one large and two smaller overhanging limbs, dead wood and epicormic growth from a Horse Chestnut tree at 13 Michaels Close, SE13.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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29 Sep 2022
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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30 Sep 2022
Received by Lewisham
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30 Sep 2022
Decision issued: Granted
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20 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
What this grant of permission means
Lewisham granted permission on 30 September 2022, 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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.