25 EARLSTHORPE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4PD

This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.

• DC/25/141981 Granted

  25 EARLSTHORPE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4PD

  FRONT: One Leylandii (T1)(ht.2.5m) FELL. Reason: tree grown too large for small front garden, causing structural damage to property and blocking light to front window. REAR: One Apple (T2)(ht.2m) FELL. Reason: tree is leaning, is being propped up and about to fall, to be replaced with another apple tree in the rear garden. REAR SIDE: One Cherry (T3)(ht.4m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 1.5m to ht.2.5m, CROWN THIN By 10%. Reason: general maintenance. Informative A: huge thank you for proposed replacement for rear apple (T2) and for retaining rear apple (T3) for streetscape amenity, wildlife and shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change. Informative B: frontage replacement planting is encouraged with shrubs and perennials for urban greening amenity and wildlife benefits. Informative C: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.

  Decided 12 Jan 2026 Trees

1. 13 Oct 2025

   Received by Lewisham

2. 14 Oct 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 9 Dec 2025

   Decision issued: Granted

4. 10 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Lewisham granted permission on 9 December 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.

Householder applications cover work to an existing house and its garden, such as extensions, lofts and outbuildings, and cannot create a separate dwelling or change what the building is used for. More in our guide to planning application types.

• 5 EARLSTHORPE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4PD

  DC/23/129884 Submitted 10 Jan 2023 50 yards away

  REAR: ONE Apple (T1)(ht.4.4m,) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 0.9m from to ht.3.5m; REDUCE RADIUS from 3-3.7m to r.2.6 on all compass points. Reason: routine maintenance. Informative A: the sensitive management of the tree for amenity, urban forest canopy, 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.

  Granted Trees 7 docs

• 4 EARLSTHORPE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4PD

  DC/22/128842 Submitted 18 Oct 2022 50 yards away

  Conversion of an existing garage to a garden room to the rear of 4 Earlsthorpe Road SE26.

  Granted Householder 10 docs
  Small domestic

• 21 EARLSTHORPE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4PD

  DC/24/137371 Submitted 10 Sep 2024 50 yards away

  REAR: ONE Sycamore tree (T1) CROWN REDUCTION to previous points by 3m from 21.5m to 18.5m ONE Silver Birch tree (T2) CROWN THINNING 25% REASON: This is periodic reduction work to these trees as they are close to neighbours houses in Princethorpe Road and fast growing. Informative A: The sensitive management of the trees 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 5 docs

• 7 EARLSTHORPE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4PD

  DC/26/143749 Submitted 21 Apr 2026 50 yards away

  FRONT: ONE Laburnum (T1)(ht.9m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 2m to 7m from 9m. SPREAD by 2m to 6m from 8m. Reason: reduction to shape canopy, pruning to suitable points and maintaining natural aesthetic. REAR: ONE dead Cherry (T2)(ht.5m) FELL. Duty to replace applies. Reason: the tree has died, another cherry will be planted as a replacement. REAR: ONE Acer (T3)(ht.12m) CROWN REDUCE by 2m to 10m from 12m. SPREAD by 3m to 7m from 10m. Reason: reduction to shape canopy, pruning to suitable points and maintaining natural aesthetic. Informative A: the replacement tree planting for dead cherry T2 is hugely appreciated and thank you for retaining the other trees for amenity, wildlife and shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change. Informative B: the landowner has a duty to plant another tree of an appropriate size and species when a tree is removed in a conservation area because it is dead or presents an immediate risk of serious harm. Ref. Tree Preservation Orders and trees in conservation areas, guidance, para 121. Informative C: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity and create hedgehog highway holes in garden boundaries. Informative D: thank you for retaining other trees for amenity, wildlife, to reduce increasingly hot summer temperatures with climate change, and flood mitigation.

  Granted Trees 7 docs

• 8 EARLSTHORPE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4PD

  DC/26/143335 Submitted 12 Mar 2026 50 yards away

  An application submitted under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 for Minor Material Amendments in connection with the planning permission DC/25/140480 dated 03/09/2025 the variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans) in order to allow:- rebuilding of side wall and installation of railings at entrance steps; fenestration changes at 8 Earlsthorpe Road SE26.

  Granted Amendments Windows or glazing 7 docs

• 14 EARLSTHORPE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4PD

  DC/19/112723 Submitted 17 Jun 2019 50 yards away

  FRONT: ONE Laburnum (T2)(approx.ht.6m, dying) FELL. A replacement tree is not advised in this case due to the small size of the front garden. REAR: ONE Cherry (T1)(approx.ht.7m, dead) FELL. Duty to replace applies and it is welcomed with thanks that a similar replacement tree is offered. Informative - duty to replace: the owner has a duty to plant another tree of an appropriate size and species at the same place as soon as he or she reasonably can if a tree in a conservation area is removed because it is dead or presents an immediate risk of serious harm. (Para 121 of Tree Preservation Orders and trees in conservation areas guidance.)

  Granted Trees 6 docs

• DC/26/144603 Granted

  6 FRIENDLY STREET, LONDON, SE8 4DT

  Patial demoltion of existing rear additions, construction of a new single storey rear extension and all associated works at 6 Friendly Street, SE8

  Received 6 Jul, published by the council 3 Aug 2026 Householder
• DC/26/145239 Awaiting decision

  18 ARICA ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2PX

  Construction of a single-storey side/rear wraparound extension featuring roof terrace with glazed privacy screen, L-shape rear roof extension with juliet balacony and two rooflights to the front roofslope of 18 Arica Road, London, SE4 2PX

  Received 31 Aug, published by the council 9 Sep 2026 Householder
• DC/26/145216 Awaiting decision

  54A ALLERFORD ROAD, LONDON, SE6 3DF

  Erection of a single-storey rear extension, roof extensions including side/rear dormer structures and rooflights, installation of a front entrance canopy, and associated internal and external alterations at 54A Allerford Road SE6.

  Received 28 Aug, published by the council 8 Sep 2026 Householder
• DC/26/145218 Awaiting decision

  24 THORNWOOD ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5RG

  The construction of a single-storey rear extension and rear terrace at 24 Thornwood Road, SE13.

  Received 28 Aug, published by the council 10 Sep 2026 Householder
• DC/26/145214 Awaiting decision

  87 GUIBAL ROAD, LONDON, SE12 9HF

  The construction of a two-storey hipped-roof rear extension, replacing the existing conservatory; the construction of a single-storey flat-roof rear extension and a single-storey flat-roof side extension; the formation of an integral garage with associated alterations to the principal elevation, including the installation of garage doors; the replacement of windows and doors on the principal, rear and side elevations; the replacement and repositioning of rooflights; the application of external wall render to the principal elevation; the removal of existing arched features and their replacement with rectangular openings; the removal of soft landscaping and installation of permeable hardstanding to the front garden and driveway at 87 Guibal Road, SE12.

  Received 28 Aug, published by the council 8 Sep 2026 Householder