MERCHANT TAYLORS ALMSHOUSES, BRANDRAM ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5RX

This site has had 2 applications since 2024: 2 approved, 0 refused.

• DC/25/141904 Granted

  MERCHANT TAYLORS ALMSHOUSES, BRANDRAM ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5RX

  FRONT (Brandram Rd): ONE Lime (T1)(ht.10m) CROWN LIFT to 4.5m above ground level, remove epicormic. Reason: to prevent damage to cars. FRONT (Brandram Rd): ONE Beech (T4) LATERAL REDUCE single low limb over car park on NE compass point. Reason: clearance over car park. FRONT (Brandram Rd): ONE Lime (T5) remove deadwood. Reason: safety maintenance, overhanging public footpath. CENTRAL: ONE Chestnut (T8)(ht.13m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 4m from 13m to ht.9m, REDUCE SPREAD by 2m from 8m to 6m and shape. Reason: large dead branch failure, unbalanced crown, top section of tree is dead. CENTRAL: ONE Prunus (T12) CROWN LIFT to 2.5m above ground level, install prop. Reason: unbalanced crown, use of prop to prevent tree falling onto path. FRONT (Lee High Rd): ONE Lime (T16) LATERAL REDUCE SPREAD by 1.5m from 9m to 7.5m from building on SE compass, CROWN LIFT to 4m above ground level. Reason: clearance from historic chapel building. FRONT (Lee High Rd): ONE Lime (T19)(ht.14m) remove epicormic up to crown break. Reason: head height clearance. FRONT (Lee High Rd): ONE Lime (T28) remove epicormic up to crown break at ht.4m. Reason: head height clearance. FRONT (Lee High Rd): ONE dead Elm (T30)(ht.18m) FELL. Duty to replace applies with a large canopy species - see informative B below for further details. Reason: dead, safety by public footpath and road, the proposed replacement tree needs to be a large canopy species, not birch ? please see species selection in informative B below. FRONT (Brandram Rd): ONE dead Elder (T37)(ht.8m) POLLARD to MONOLITH by 2m from 8m to ht.6m. Duty to replace applies with another elder. Reason: overhanging pedestrian path and vehicle access to car park, reduce to retain safe dead tree to support ivy. CENTRAL (front no.1 Almshouse): ONE Elder (T41)(ht.8m) REDUCE HEIGHT by 2m from 8m to ht.6m, remove deadwood. Reason: to encourage regeneration, safety next to path CENTRAL (front no.38 Almshouse): ONE Camellia reduce by 30% - exempt works. Informative A: the landowner has a duty to plant a replacement tree when a tree in a conservation area is removed because it is dead, or presents an immediate risk of serious harm, para 121 Tree Preservation Orders and trees in conservation areas, government guidance 6 March 2014. Informative B: T30 dead Elm ? duty to replace applies - a large canopy replacement species is required to be selected from: Caucasian wingnut (Pterocarya fraxinifolia), sessile oak, hornbeam, Tulip tree, Hop hornbeam, common walnut (Juglans regia), Japanese pagoda tree (Styphnolobium japonicum), beech, copper beech, small leaved lime, Indian Horse Chestnut, Italian or grey alder, Holm oak, Turkey oak, or a resistant elm, suggest planted in corner by road junction of Brandram Road with Lee High Road where there is space to develop. Informative C: T37 dead elder ? duty to replace applies with another elder ? the retention of safe dead stems of T37 for wildlife and biodiversity is hugely appreciated. Informative D: huge thank you for sensitive tree management for landscape setting of the Almshouses, streetscape amenity, wildlife habitat, environmental benefits such as reducing air pollution form the busy Lee High Road and providing shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change. Informative E: please create habitat log piles with arisings to mitigate wildlife and biodiversity loss. Note of previous case: TPO application DC/24/136948: Condition to replace TPO Zelkova carpinifolia (TPO T1/T3 in Greengage tree survey). Before felling, the landowner may wish to obtain advice from an arboricultural consultant who specialises in subsidence cases on possible alternative mitigation to avoid felling the Zelkova. Should the Zelkova be felled a replacement TPO Zelkova carpinifolia will be required. Note of previous case: 6-week notice DC/24/137031: Duty to replace T7 dead beech and T36 dead cherry. T7 dead beech - replace with a large canopy species selected from: Caucasian wingnut (Pterocarya fraxinifolia) oak, hornbeam, Tulip tree, Poplar, Hop hornbeam, walnut, Japanese pagoda tree (Styphnolobium japonicum), beech, copper beech; T36 dead cherry - replace with a cherry such as: The Great White Cherry, (Prunus Tai-Haku), Tibetan cherry (Prunus serrula), Prunus sargentii ? RNO.

  Decided 18 Dec 2025 Trees

1. 7 Aug 2024

   Received by Lewisham

2. 4 Sep 2024

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 20 Sep 2024

   Decision issued: Raise No Objection

4. 28 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

1 later application on the register refers to this one:

• DC/25/141904 Granted

  MERCHANT TAYLORS ALMSHOUSES, BRANDRAM ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5RX

  FRONT (Brandram Rd): ONE Lime (T1)(ht.10m) CROWN LIFT to 4.5m above ground level, remove epicormic. Reason: to prevent damage to cars. FRONT (Brandram Rd): ONE Beech (T4) LATERAL REDUCE single low limb over car park on NE compass point. Reason: clearance over car park. FRONT (Brandram Rd): ONE Lime (T5) remove deadwood. Reason: safety maintenance, overhanging public footpath. CENTRAL: ONE Chestnut (T8)(ht.13m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 4m from 13m to ht.9m, REDUCE SPREAD by 2m from 8m to 6m and shape. Reason: large dead branch failure, unbalanced crown, top section of tree is dead. CENTRAL: ONE Prunus (T12) CROWN LIFT to 2.5m above ground level, install prop. Reason: unbalanced crown, use of prop to prevent tree falling onto path. FRONT (Lee High Rd): ONE Lime (T16) LATERAL REDUCE SPREAD by 1.5m from 9m to 7.5m from building on SE compass, CROWN LIFT to 4m above ground level. Reason: clearance from historic chapel building. FRONT (Lee High Rd): ONE Lime (T19)(ht.14m) remove epicormic up to crown break. Reason: head height clearance. FRONT (Lee High Rd): ONE Lime (T28) remove epicormic up to crown break at ht.4m. Reason: head height clearance. FRONT (Lee High Rd): ONE dead Elm (T30)(ht.18m) FELL. Duty to replace applies with a large canopy species - see informative B below for further details. Reason: dead, safety by public footpath and road, the proposed replacement tree needs to be a large canopy species, not birch ? please see species selection in informative B below. FRONT (Brandram Rd): ONE dead Elder (T37)(ht.8m) POLLARD to MONOLITH by 2m from 8m to ht.6m. Duty to replace applies with another elder. Reason: overhanging pedestrian path and vehicle access to car park, reduce to retain safe dead tree to support ivy. CENTRAL (front no.1 Almshouse): ONE Elder (T41)(ht.8m) REDUCE HEIGHT by 2m from 8m to ht.6m, remove deadwood. Reason: to encourage regeneration, safety next to path CENTRAL (front no.38 Almshouse): ONE Camellia reduce by 30% - exempt works. Informative A: the landowner has a duty to plant a replacement tree when a tree in a conservation area is removed because it is dead, or presents an immediate risk of serious harm, para 121 Tree Preservation Orders and trees in conservation areas, government guidance 6 March 2014. Informative B: T30 dead Elm ? duty to replace applies - a large canopy replacement species is required to be selected from: Caucasian wingnut (Pterocarya fraxinifolia), sessile oak, hornbeam, Tulip tree, Hop hornbeam, common walnut (Juglans regia), Japanese pagoda tree (Styphnolobium japonicum), beech, copper beech, small leaved lime, Indian Horse Chestnut, Italian or grey alder, Holm oak, Turkey oak, or a resistant elm, suggest planted in corner by road junction of Brandram Road with Lee High Road where there is space to develop. Informative C: T37 dead elder ? duty to replace applies with another elder ? the retention of safe dead stems of T37 for wildlife and biodiversity is hugely appreciated. Informative D: huge thank you for sensitive tree management for landscape setting of the Almshouses, streetscape amenity, wildlife habitat, environmental benefits such as reducing air pollution form the busy Lee High Road and providing shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change. Informative E: please create habitat log piles with arisings to mitigate wildlife and biodiversity loss. Note of previous case: TPO application DC/24/136948: Condition to replace TPO Zelkova carpinifolia (TPO T1/T3 in Greengage tree survey). Before felling, the landowner may wish to obtain advice from an arboricultural consultant who specialises in subsidence cases on possible alternative mitigation to avoid felling the Zelkova. Should the Zelkova be felled a replacement TPO Zelkova carpinifolia will be required. Note of previous case: 6-week notice DC/24/137031: Duty to replace T7 dead beech and T36 dead cherry. T7 dead beech - replace with a large canopy species selected from: Caucasian wingnut (Pterocarya fraxinifolia) oak, hornbeam, Tulip tree, Poplar, Hop hornbeam, walnut, Japanese pagoda tree (Styphnolobium japonicum), beech, copper beech; T36 dead cherry - replace with a cherry such as: The Great White Cherry, (Prunus Tai-Haku), Tibetan cherry (Prunus serrula), Prunus sargentii ? RNO.

  Decided 18 Dec 2025 Trees

Lewisham granted permission on 20 September 2024, 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.

• MERCHANT TAYLORS ALMSHOUSES, BRANDRAM ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5RX

  DC/25/141904 Submitted 22 Oct 2025 0m away

  FRONT (Brandram Rd): ONE Lime (T1)(ht.10m) CROWN LIFT to 4.5m above ground level, remove epicormic. Reason: to prevent damage to cars. FRONT (Brandram Rd): ONE Beech (T4) LATERAL REDUCE single low limb over car park on NE compass point. Reason: clearance over car park. FRONT (Brandram Rd): ONE Lime (T5) remove deadwood. Reason: safety maintenance, overhanging public footpath. CENTRAL: ONE Chestnut (T8)(ht.13m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 4m from 13m to ht.9m, REDUCE SPREAD by 2m from 8m to 6m and shape. Reason: large dead branch failure, unbalanced crown, top section of tree is dead. CENTRAL: ONE Prunus (T12) CROWN LIFT to 2.5m above ground level, install prop. Reason: unbalanced crown, use of prop to prevent tree falling onto path. FRONT (Lee High Rd): ONE Lime (T16) LATERAL REDUCE SPREAD by 1.5m from 9m to 7.5m from building on SE compass, CROWN LIFT to 4m above ground level. Reason: clearance from historic chapel building. FRONT (Lee High Rd): ONE Lime (T19)(ht.14m) remove epicormic up to crown break. Reason: head height clearance. FRONT (Lee High Rd): ONE Lime (T28) remove epicormic up to crown break at ht.4m. Reason: head height clearance. FRONT (Lee High Rd): ONE dead Elm (T30)(ht.18m) FELL. Duty to replace applies with a large canopy species - see informative B below for further details. Reason: dead, safety by public footpath and road, the proposed replacement tree needs to be a large canopy species, not birch ? please see species selection in informative B below. FRONT (Brandram Rd): ONE dead Elder (T37)(ht.8m) POLLARD to MONOLITH by 2m from 8m to ht.6m. Duty to replace applies with another elder. Reason: overhanging pedestrian path and vehicle access to car park, reduce to retain safe dead tree to support ivy. CENTRAL (front no.1 Almshouse): ONE Elder (T41)(ht.8m) REDUCE HEIGHT by 2m from 8m to ht.6m, remove deadwood. Reason: to encourage regeneration, safety next to path CENTRAL (front no.38 Almshouse): ONE Camellia reduce by 30% - exempt works. Informative A: the landowner has a duty to plant a replacement tree when a tree in a conservation area is removed because it is dead, or presents an immediate risk of serious harm, para 121 Tree Preservation Orders and trees in conservation areas, government guidance 6 March 2014. Informative B: T30 dead Elm ? duty to replace applies - a large canopy replacement species is required to be selected from: Caucasian wingnut (Pterocarya fraxinifolia), sessile oak, hornbeam, Tulip tree, Hop hornbeam, common walnut (Juglans regia), Japanese pagoda tree (Styphnolobium japonicum), beech, copper beech, small leaved lime, Indian Horse Chestnut, Italian or grey alder, Holm oak, Turkey oak, or a resistant elm, suggest planted in corner by road junction of Brandram Road with Lee High Road where there is space to develop. Informative C: T37 dead elder ? duty to replace applies with another elder ? the retention of safe dead stems of T37 for wildlife and biodiversity is hugely appreciated. Informative D: huge thank you for sensitive tree management for landscape setting of the Almshouses, streetscape amenity, wildlife habitat, environmental benefits such as reducing air pollution form the busy Lee High Road and providing shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change. Informative E: please create habitat log piles with arisings to mitigate wildlife and biodiversity loss. Note of previous case: TPO application DC/24/136948: Condition to replace TPO Zelkova carpinifolia (TPO T1/T3 in Greengage tree survey). Before felling, the landowner may wish to obtain advice from an arboricultural consultant who specialises in subsidence cases on possible alternative mitigation to avoid felling the Zelkova. Should the Zelkova be felled a replacement TPO Zelkova carpinifolia will be required. Note of previous case: 6-week notice DC/24/137031: Duty to replace T7 dead beech and T36 dead cherry. T7 dead beech - replace with a large canopy species selected from: Caucasian wingnut (Pterocarya fraxinifolia) oak, hornbeam, Tulip tree, Poplar, Hop hornbeam, walnut, Japanese pagoda tree (Styphnolobium japonicum), beech, copper beech; T36 dead cherry - replace with a cherry such as: The Great White Cherry, (Prunus Tai-Haku), Tibetan cherry (Prunus serrula), Prunus sargentii ? RNO.

  Granted Trees 6 docs

• 48 BRANDRAM ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5RT

  DC/20/115247 Submitted 10 Jan 2020 42m away

  Retrospective application for the replacement 8 double-glazed timber sash windows at the front of 48 Brandram Road SE13

  Granted Householder Windows or glazing 11 docs
  Domestic

• 42 BRANDRAM ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5RT

  DC/26/143590 Submitted 2 Apr 2026 42m away

  REAR: ONE: Lime Tree (T1) Ht 4m CROWN REDUCTION by 4m to 10m from 14m. SPREAD by 1.5-2m to 7m from 9m all compass points Informative A: The sensitive management of trees in Lewisham 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 7 docs

• 46 BRANDRAM ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5RT

  DC/21/121574 Submitted 29 Apr 2021 42m away

  REAR: ONE Pear (T1)(ht.9-10m) CROWN REDUCE by up to 2m from ht.9-10m to ht.7-8m and overall width from 6m to 4m, Remove Ivy. Reason: maintenance to retain the tree in the garden setting, ensure natural shape and suitable light levels. REAR: ONE Hazel (T2)(ht.6m) CROWN REDUCE by up to 2m from ht.6m to ht.4m. Reason: maintenance to retain the tree in the garden setting, ensure natural shape and suitable light levels to adjacent No 48. Informative: the sensitive management to retain the trees for rear amenity to period properties in the Blackheath conservation area and urban greening environmental benefits is greatly appreciated.

  Granted Trees 8 docs

• 36 BRANDRAM ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5RT

  DC/26/145250 Submitted 2 Sep 2026 42m away

  87% historically approved · decision due ~29 Oct

  Installation of replacement of existing windows and rear door with timber sash windows to the fro...

  Awaiting decision Windows or glazing

• 29 GLENTON ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5RS

  DC/26/143990 Submitted 12 May 2026 80m away

  REAR: ONE Large Lime tree (T1) CROWN REDUCTION by 20m from 40m to 20m to previous pollard points Clearing all debris. REASON: Tree is too large for the size of the garden. located in the far right hand sideof the garden. sketch plan in section 7 (of application form)

  Granted Trees 7 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