Planning application
86 WICKHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1LS
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
REAR (no.88): TWO Cherry (0062)(ht.4m) FELL. Reason: trees on edge of and overhanging parking area at rear of no.88 adjacent to boundary wall. Informative A: replacement tree planting is encouraged with species such as crab apple, hawthorn, hazel, goat willow, holly, elder, alder buckthorn, for rear outlook amenity, wildlife habitat, to reduce air pollution and provide shade to reduce increasingly hot summer temperatures due to climate change. Informative B: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.
As published by the council, reference DC/25/141466
Application record
- Reference
- DC/25/141466
- Type
- Trees in Conservation Areas
- Status
- Registered
- Decision
- Raise No Objection
- Received
- 17 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 21 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 15 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Brockley
- Parish
- Does NOT need to go to BCAP
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- SE4 1LS
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Sep 2025
Received by Lewisham
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21 Nov 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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15 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Raise No Objection
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10 Aug 2026
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