65 BREAKSPEARS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1TS

This site has had 2 applications since 2019: 2 approved, 0 refused.

• DC/19/112777 Granted

  65 BREAKSPEARS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1TS

  REAR: ONE Sycamore (T1, previous pollard) CROWN REDUCTION by 3m, from approx.ht.10m to 7m and leave a radius of 3-4m at all compass points. REAR: ONE Robinia (T2) CROWN REDUCTION by 3m, from approx.ht.10m to 7m and leave a radius of 3-4m at all compass points. Informative: Robinia (T2) - to restrict light to the ivy which is encroaching the upper canopy consider delaying/not implementing crown reduction of this well-formed tree and undertake some ivy control to restrict growth within the upper canopy.

  Decided 18 Jul 2019 Trees

1. 2 Oct 2025

   Received by Lewisham

2. 3 Oct 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 6 Oct 2025

   Decision issued: Granted

4. 10 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

1 later application on the register refers to this one:

• DC/25/142120 Granted

  84 TRESSILLIAN ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1YD

  REAR: ONE Sycamore (T1)(ht.9m) LATERAL REDUCE up to 1.5mm on N & W compass points over parking area of Alder House. Reason: facilitation pruning for access for crane to reduce poplar in rear garden no.65 Breakspears Road ref 5-day notice DC/25/141686. Informative A: huge thank you for contacting the London Bat Group to check for any bat roosting activity in the mature poplar in rear garden no.65 Breakspears Road (5-day notice ref DC/25/141686) prior to reduction works and looking to retain as much of the poplar as safe to do so for amenity, wildlife and biodiversity. Informative B: to thank for sensitive lateral reduction of sycamore T1 to retain tree amenity, tree aesthetics, screening, wildlife habitat and shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change. Informative C: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.

  Decided 24 Nov 2025 Trees

Lewisham granted permission on 6 October 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.

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.

• 82 BREAKSPEARS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1TS

  DC/25/141572 Submitted 25 Sep 2025 50 yards away

  REAR: ONE Lawson Cypress tree (T1) Ht 6m FELL to ground level. REASON: To allow more light into the garden given the trees size and stature. Informative A: The tree contributes to the urban forest and rear amenity, wildlife and environmental benefits including cooling temperatures in increasingly hot summers with climate change; Informative B: We would like to strongly encourage the planting of one or two small canopy broad-leaf replacement trees to maintain the treed landscape character beside Harefield Road and amenity of Brockley conservation area, for wildlife, screening, and shade to reduce high temperatures in increasingly hot summers due to climate change; please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity; please plant new tree(s) species such as crab apple, whitebeam, pear, Persian Ironwood (Parrotia persica), bird cherry, paperbark maple, hazel, hawthorn, holly, strawberry tree, mulberry, medlar, Albizzia julibrissin, Judas Tree (Cercis siliquastrum) to maintain the treed landscape character of Brockley conservation area, for rear amenity and wildlife habitat.

  Granted Trees 5 docs

• 65 BREAKSPEARS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1TS

  DC/19/112777 Submitted 20 Jun 2019 50 yards away

  REAR: ONE Sycamore (T1, previous pollard) CROWN REDUCTION by 3m, from approx.ht.10m to 7m and leave a radius of 3-4m at all compass points. REAR: ONE Robinia (T2) CROWN REDUCTION by 3m, from approx.ht.10m to 7m and leave a radius of 3-4m at all compass points. Informative: Robinia (T2) - to restrict light to the ivy which is encroaching the upper canopy consider delaying/not implementing crown reduction of this well-formed tree and undertake some ivy control to restrict growth within the upper canopy.

  Granted Trees 6 docs

• FLAT 4, 74 BREAKSPEARS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1TS

  DC/19/111292 Submitted 5 Mar 2019 50 yards away

  ONE Fig tree (T1) FELL

  Withdrawn Trees

• 66 BREAKSPEARS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1TS

  DC/23/129959 Submitted 16 Jan 2023 50 yards away

  FRONT: ONE False Acacia (T1) (ht:13m, spread:7.2m) RE-POLLARD by approx.3-4m to 1m below previous pruning points. Reason: very close to house, excess shading FRONT: ONE Cherry (T2) (ht:8m, spread: 5m) LATERAL REDUCE by approx.1m, CROWN LIFT to 2.5m above footpath. Reason: pavement clearance, leaning, growing into neighbouring garden. FRONT: ONE Lilac (T3) (ht:4.5m) Remove basal shoots. Reason: overgrown on path and into neighbouring garden REAR: ONE Neighbouring Ash (T4)(ht.10-12m) LATERAL REDUCE by approx.2m to appropriate growth point(s) near boundary. Informative A: the sensitive management of the trees for landscape amenity, urban forest canopy to mitigate climate change, wellbeing, environmental and wildlife benefits is greatly appreciated. Informative B: where possible please use cut branches in the garden to create habitat wood piles, and/ or a 'dead hedge' for wildlife and biodiversity. Informative C: please continue to plant trees, shrubs, hedges, climbers, perennials, bulbs and groundcover for varied garden landscape amenity, urban forest canopy, enhance wildlife habitat, provide plants for pollinators, improve air quality.

  Granted Trees 7 docs

• 63C BREAKSPEARS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1TS

  DC/24/137090 Submitted 13 Aug 2024 50 yards away

  REAR: ONE Sycamore tree (T1) CROWN LIFT to give 5m clearance from ground level, LATERAL REDUCTION by 1 - 2m from 6m to 4m on all compass points. Height to remain the same. Reason: Routine Maintenance and to improve light. Informative A: The sensitive management of the tree 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

• 84 BREAKSPEARS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1TS

  DC/26/143652 Submitted 13 Apr 2026 50 yards away

  FRONT: ONE Silver Birch tree (T3) CROWN LIFT to 4 metres above ground level. REASON: Tree overhanging heavily encroaching onto the footpath causing the general public to have to walk into the road to avoid the branches, the recommended works will abate this issue. The works will also improve the aesthetics of the tree. The works will be part of a regular maintenance programme. REAR: ONE Acacia tree (T1) CROWN REDUCTION Ht by 2m from 5m to 3m Spread by 2m from 6m to 4m back to previous points leaving suitable furnishing growth. CROWN THIN by 30% removing central epicormic growth to allow more light to pass through. REASON: The works are apart of a regular maintenance programme. The works will improve the aesthetics of the tree. ONE Japanese Maple tree (T2) CROWN THIN 20% to allow more light to pass through. REASON: The works are required to bring the tree into a shape common with the species. The works will improve the aesthetics of the tree. The works will be incorporated into a regular maintenance programme.

  Granted Trees 8 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