73 HORNIMAN DRIVE, LONDON, SE23 3BU

1. 2 Oct 2025

   Received by Lewisham

2. 3 Oct 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 20 Oct 2025

   Decision issued: Raise No Objection

4. 10 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.

Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.

Tree applications cover work to protected trees: those under a tree preservation order need consent for pruning or felling, and trees in a conservation area need six weeks written notice before work starts. The council assesses the amenity value of the tree and can refuse consent, approve it with conditions, or in conservation areas make a preservation order in response.

More on trees applications in our guide

• 69 HORNIMAN DRIVE, LONDON, SE23 3BU

  DC/19/114350 Submitted 18 Oct 2019 0m away

  The construction of a dormer extension to the rear roofslope and installation of a rooflight to the rear at 69 Horniman Drive, SE23.

  Granted Householder Extension Loft or dormer 17 docs
  Domestic

• 71 HORNIMAN DRIVE, LONDON, SE23 3BU

  DC/19/114635 Submitted 12 Nov 2019 0m away

  The installation of replacement windows in the front elevation at ground floor level, enlargement of the window opening at second floor level, bifold doors in the rear elevation and rooflight in the rear roof slope at 71 Horniman Drive SE23.

  Refused Full applications Loft or dormer Windows or glazing 26 docs

• 67 HORNIMAN DRIVE, LONDON, SE23 3BU

  DC/26/143237 Submitted 6 Mar 2026 0m away

  REAR: ONE Elder (T1)(ht.4m) FELL. Reason: poor quality, self-seeded specimen, crown in decline, client is reinstating boundary fencing where the tree is growing and is keen to relandscape and plant the area. FRONT: ONE Ash (T3)(ht.8m) remove deadwood (exempt works). Reason: tree has major deadwood overhanging a public footpath, prominent basal decay and Inonotus hispidus brackets on top of the crown, outside a school, posing a hazard. Informative A: replacement planting is encouraged for rear (T1) for amenity and to support wildlife with another elder or such as crab apple, pear, hazel, laburnum, Magnolia, mulberry. Informative B: huge thanks for retaining the front ash for streetscape amenity, wildlife and shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change. Informative C: please create habitat log piles with arisings from T1 & T2 for wildlife and biodiversity. Informative D: please provide hedgehog highway holes in the gravel board of replacement fencing.

  Granted Trees 6 docs

• HORNIMAN GARDENS, HORNIMAN DRIVE, LONDON, SE23 3BT

  DC/26/144876 Submitted 28 Jul 2026 45m away

  100% historically approved · decision due ~22 Sep

  FRONT: ONE: Maple Tree (T1) CROWN REDUCTION by 4m from 16m to 12m. SPREAD by 4m from 9m to 5m. REASON: A mature maple showing significant dieback throughout the crown, in a physiologically and structurally poor condition. The tree overhangs a public path, presenting a health and safety risk from deadwood and reduced structural integrity. The crown will be reduced to remove this risk and improve the tree's overall condition. REAR: ONE: Maple Tree (T2) Ht 6m FELL to ground level. REASON: A young maple in physiological decline and dying, with limited prospects of recovery. Removal is proposed to eliminate the risk posed by the failing specimen. A replacement tree of a species tolerant of drought conditions and suited to a changing climate will be planted in its place, to future-proof the site's tree stock.

  Awaiting decision Trees 6 docs

• 8 CLEEVE HILL, LONDON, SE23 3DD

  DC/26/144746 Submitted 15 Jul 2026 74m away

  90% historically approved · decision due ~9 Sep

  The replacement of windows and doors on the front and rear elevations, internal reconfiguration and the construction of a shed along the eastern boundary for the purpose of storage at 8 Cleeve Hill, SE23.

  Awaiting decision Householder Windows or glazing 15 docs
  Small domestic

• 24 WESTWOOD PARK, LONDON, SE23 3QF

  DC/19/114328 Submitted 17 Oct 2019 87m away

  Extension and alterations to the existing rear extension and the construction of a single storey rear extension at 24 Westwood Park, SE23, together with installation of a new roof light over garage, new windows within existing building fabric and minor external refurbishment works.

  Granted Householder Extension Loft or dormer +2 4 docs
  Small domestic

• DC/26/145195 Granted

  8 LEE ROAD, LONDON, SE3 9RT

  REAR: ONE Robinia (TPO T5)(approx.ht.12m) POLLARD three main stems by approx.6m to ht.6m. Reason: safety retrenchement, extensive die back of canopy, Kretzschmaria deusta (Brittle Cinder wood-decay fungus) found at base of tree. The London Borough of Lewisham (Page Heath Estate no.5) Tree Preservation Order 1976. Informative A: huge thank you for managing the TPO tree to retain for amenity, wildlife and shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change. Informative B: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.

  27 Aug 2026 Trees
• DC/26/145174 Awaiting decision

  KEMSLEY, LEWISHAM PARK, LONDON, SE13 6QW

  FRONT (to Lewisham High St): ONE Crab Apple (5240) Ht 2m FELL - (not in TPO). Reason: Dead tree - Following findings from a tree survey. Duty to replace dead tree in conservation area. REPLACEMENT PROPOSAL: We will replace the dead apple with another apple, so a like for like replacement. The whip will be 1-1.5m as you have requested. The tree will be protected with support from a stake, mulch will be added around the base and due to the size and girth of the tree, we will also provide a strimmer guard to go around the base of the tree to protect from any possible strimmer damage. See DC/26/144684 fro Two TPO trees; Copper Beech & False Acacia trees

  25 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

  7 Jul 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.

  10 Aug 2026 Trees
• DC/26/144989 Awaiting decision

  79 DACRE PARK, LONDON, SE13 5BX

  REAR: ONE: Cherry Tree (T1) Ht 6m. FELL to ground level. REASON: Dead tree. RFW Routine maintenance. FRONT: ONE: Cherry Tree (T2) CROWN REDUCTION by 2.5m from 12m to 9.5m. SPREAD by 2.5m from 6.5m to 4m. REASON: remove major deadwood. RFW Routine maintenance.

  6 Aug 2026 Trees