GOFFERS HOUSE, DUKE HUMPHREY ROAD, LONDON, SE3 0TT

This site has had 8 applications since 2012: 8 approved, 0 refused.

• DC/23/131060 Granted

  GOFFERS HOUSE, DUKE HUMPHREY ROAD, LONDON, SE3 0TT

  REAR: ONE Acacia (T1)(ht:c.15m) remove snapped branch hanging over residents garages, rear 30 Blackheath Vale. Reason: health and safety.

  Decided 12 Apr 2023 Trees
• DC/20/119235 Granted

  GOFFERS HOUSE, DUKE HUMPHREY ROAD, LONDON, SE3 0TT

  FRONT: ONE Cedar (T1)(ht.12-14m) LATERAL REDUCTION by 1m from 7m to 6m to appropriate prune points on NW compass point. Reason: touching the building, to clear from property roof. REAR: ONE Holly (T2)(ht.5m) FELL. Reason: blocking vehicular turning, narrows rear entrance REAR: ONE Lime, multi-stemmed (T3)(ht.8-9m) LATERAL REDUCTION by 1-2m from 3m to 1-2m to appropriate prune points on NW compass point. Reason: to cut back branches above the rear access road which are touching adjacent property. REAR: ONE Sycamore (T4) Remove one stem on N compass point. Reason: close to the building, touching neighbours property. Informative: the cedar T1 is hugely important to public realm amenity and the careful, minimal reduction to clear the canopy from the front elevation of Goffers House is greatly appreciated for aesthetics and tree health.

  Decided 5 Mar 2021 Trees
• DC/17/102995 Granted

  GOFFERS HOUSE, DUKE HUMPHREY ROAD, LONDON, SE3 0TT

  FRONT: Cedar (T5) CROWN REDUCE height by max 2m, from 13m to 11m and at all compass points: Northerly lateral reduction of max 1.5m, from 7m to 5.5mEasterly lateral reduction of max 2 m, from 8m to 6mSoutherly lateral reduction of max 2.5m, from 8.5m to 6mWesterly lateral reduction of max 1.5m, from 7m to 5.5m.The cedar has overweighted branches with historic limb failure above the public pavement. Maximum reduction dimensions are to allow flexibilty for the careful and sympathetic reshaping of this visually significant cedar.

  Decided 10 Nov 2017 Trees
• DC/14/088723 Granted

  GOFFERS HOUSE, DUKE HUMPHREY ROAD, LONDON, SE3 0TT

  T5 Cedar Tree - has recently suffered a significant limb failure 12" diameter. Reduce overall crown by 20% to reduce weight of over elongated limbs and prune back from the property to give clearance of 2m T13 Cherry Tree - reduce overall crown by 20% and raise crown to give 2.5m ground clearance - maintenance

  Decided 9 Oct 2014 Trees
• DC/14/88723 Granted

  GOFFERS HOUSE, DUKE HUMPHREY ROAD, LONDON, SE3 0TT

  T5 Cedar Tree - has recently suffered a significant limb failure 12" diameter. Reduce overall crown by 20% to reduce weight of over elongated limbs and prune back from the property to give clearance of 2m T13 Cherry Tree - reduce overall crown by 20% and raise crown to give 2.5m ground clearance - maintenance

  Decided 9 Oct 2014 Trees
• DC/12/82076 Granted

  GOFFERS HOUSE, DUKE HUMPHREY ROAD, LONDON, SE3 0TT

  Trees Marked on Accompanying Plan; ONE Lime (T1) and TWO Maple (T2 & T3) Reduce Crown by 30% and Prune Back from Neighbouring Property Giving Clearance of 2 meters.

  Decided 17 Jan 2013 Trees
• DC/12/082076 Granted

  GOFFERS HOUSE, DUKE HUMPHREY ROAD, LONDON, SE3 0TT

  Trees Marked on Accompanying Plan; ONE Lime (T1) and TWO Maple (T2 & T3) Reduce Crown by 30% and Prune Back from Neighbouring Property Giving Clearance of 2 meters.

  Decided 17 Jan 2013 Trees

1. 8 Jun 2023

   Received by Lewisham

2. 9 Jun 2023

   Decision issued: Granted

3. 28 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Lewisham granted permission on 9 June 2023, 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.

• GOFFERS HOUSE, DUKE HUMPHREY ROAD, LONDON, SE3 0TT

  DC/23/131060 Submitted 4 Apr 2023 50 yards away

  REAR: ONE Acacia (T1)(ht:c.15m) remove snapped branch hanging over residents garages, rear 30 Blackheath Vale. Reason: health and safety.

  Granted Trees 4 docs

• GOFFERS HOUSE, DUKE HUMPHREY ROAD, LONDON, SE3 0TT

  DC/17/102995 Submitted 14 Aug 2017 50 yards away

  FRONT: Cedar (T5) CROWN REDUCE height by max 2m, from 13m to 11m and at all compass points: Northerly lateral reduction of max 1.5m, from 7m to 5.5mEasterly lateral reduction of max 2 m, from 8m to 6mSoutherly lateral reduction of max 2.5m, from 8.5m to 6mWesterly lateral reduction of max 1.5m, from 7m to 5.5m.The cedar has overweighted branches with historic limb failure above the public pavement. Maximum reduction dimensions are to allow flexibilty for the careful and sympathetic reshaping of this visually significant cedar.

  Granted Trees 5 docs

• GOFFERS HOUSE, DUKE HUMPHREY ROAD, LONDON, SE3 0TT

  DC/12/82076 Submitted 5 Dec 2012 50 yards away

  Trees Marked on Accompanying Plan; ONE Lime (T1) and TWO Maple (T2 & T3) Reduce Crown by 30% and Prune Back from Neighbouring Property Giving Clearance of 2 meters.

  Granted Trees

• GOFFERS HOUSE, DUKE HUMPHREY ROAD, LONDON, SE3 0TT

  DC/12/082076 Submitted 5 Dec 2012 50 yards away

  Trees Marked on Accompanying Plan; ONE Lime (T1) and TWO Maple (T2 & T3) Reduce Crown by 30% and Prune Back from Neighbouring Property Giving Clearance of 2 meters.

  Granted Trees

• GOFFERS HOUSE, DUKE HUMPHREY ROAD, LONDON, SE3 0TT

  DC/14/088723 Submitted 11 Aug 2014 50 yards away

  T5 Cedar Tree - has recently suffered a significant limb failure 12" diameter. Reduce overall crown by 20% to reduce weight of over elongated limbs and prune back from the property to give clearance of 2m T13 Cherry Tree - reduce overall crown by 20% and raise crown to give 2.5m ground clearance - maintenance

  Granted Trees 3 docs

• GOFFERS HOUSE, DUKE HUMPHREY ROAD, LONDON, SE3 0TT

  DC/14/88723 Submitted 11 Aug 2014 50 yards away

  T5 Cedar Tree - has recently suffered a significant limb failure 12" diameter. Reduce overall crown by 20% to reduce weight of over elongated limbs and prune back from the property to give clearance of 2m T13 Cherry Tree - reduce overall crown by 20% and raise crown to give 2.5m ground clearance - maintenance

  Granted Trees 3 docs

• 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