Planning application
16 WEMYSS ROAD, LONDON, SE3 0TG
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
REAR: ONE Birch (T1)(ht.10m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 2m to 8m. LATERAL REDUCE by 1m from 5m to 4m. Reason: Shape accordingly and remove major deadwood. REAR: ONE Bay (T2)(ht.2m) CROWN THIN by 30% (maximum). Reason: to alleviate light issues. REAR: ONE Sycamore (T4)(ht.12m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 3m to ht.9m tp previous prune points, remove major deadwood, LATERAL REDUCE by 2m from 5m to 3m. Reason: repeat management. REAR (no.15): ONE Cypress (T5)(ht.3m) FELL. Reason: Partially dead. CROWN LIFT to 3.0m above ground level. Reason: General maintenance FRONT (no 15): ONE Sycamore (T6)(ht.2m) FELL. Reason: Overgrown and covering the windows and growing too close the property Informative A: huge thank you for retaining treed rear gardens at no.15 & no.16 for amenity, wildlife, environmental benefits and shade to reduce high temperatures in increasingly hot summers due to climate change. Informative B: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.
As published by the council, reference DC/25/141214
Application record
- Reference
- DC/25/141214
- Type
- Trees in Conservation Areas
- Status
- Registered
- Decision
- Raise No Objection
- Received
- 21 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 22 Aug 2025
- Decided
- 22 Sep 2025
- Ward
- Blackheath
- Parish
- Does NOT need to go to BCAP
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- SE3 0TG
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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21 Aug 2025
Received by Lewisham
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22 Aug 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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22 Sep 2025
Decision issued: Raise No Objection
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10 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
12 documents on file for this application
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Lewisham granted permission on 22 September 2025, 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.
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