Planning application
116 PERRY VALE, LONDON, SE23 2LQ
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
REAR (no.116): ONE Yew (T1/T19 in TPO)(ht.11m) LATERAL REDUCE branches overhanging no.118 by 1m from 6m to 5m on E compass point, to boundary between no.116 and 118. Reason: yew tree in no.116's rear garden is overhanging no.118's rear garden, general maintenance to clear branches overhanging no.118's rear garden. The London Borough of Lewisham (116,118 and 118a Perry Vale SE23) Tree Preservation Order, 1973 Informative A: thank you for maintaining the tree and a treed rear garden for amenity, wildlife, environmental benefits and shade to reduce high temperatures in increasingly hot summers due to climate change. Informative B: please create habitat wood piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity. Informative C: new tree planting is encouraged where space allows.
As published by the council, reference DC/25/141832
Application record
- Reference
- DC/25/141832
- Type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 16 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 16 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 10 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Perry Vale
- Parish
- Does NOT need to go to BCAP
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- SE23 2LQ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Oct 2025
Received by Lewisham
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10 Nov 2025
Decision issued: Granted
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10 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
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Lewisham granted permission on 10 November 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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