FLAT A, 10 SOMERSET GARDENS, LONDON, SE13 7SY

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

• DC/25/141718 Granted

  FLAT A, 10 SOMERSET GARDENS, LONDON, SE13 7SY

  FRONT SIDE: ONE Ash (T1/T14 in TPO)(ht.11m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 2m from 11m to ht.9m, REDUCE LATERAL SPREAD by 2m from 8m to 6m on E,W,S compass points as marked image submitted 11 November 2025, remove snapped branch resting on garage, remove deadwood, CROWN THIN by 25%. Reason: clearance from building, general management to reshape for the setting, remove small, snapped branch. (Note ? see also 6-wk notice ref. DC/25/142026 to fell rear bay T2 (ht.3m) at flat A, 10 Somerset Gardens). The London Borough of Lewisham (Somerset Gardens and Loampit Hill) Tree Preservation Order 1974. Informative A: thank you for retaining the tree's amenity, health and aesthetics by careful crown reduction retaining branch structure to manage the tree within its setting, and for wildlife and shade to reduce high temperatures in increasingly hot summers due to climate change. Informative B: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.

  Decided 24 Nov 2025 Trees

1. 6 Oct 2025

   Received by Lewisham

2. 10 Nov 2025

   Decision issued: Raise No Objection

3. 10 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

• DC/25/141718 Granted

  FLAT A, 10 SOMERSET GARDENS, LONDON, SE13 7SY

  FRONT SIDE: ONE Ash (T1/T14 in TPO)(ht.11m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 2m from 11m to ht.9m, REDUCE LATERAL SPREAD by 2m from 8m to 6m on E,W,S compass points as marked image submitted 11 November 2025, remove snapped branch resting on garage, remove deadwood, CROWN THIN by 25%. Reason: clearance from building, general management to reshape for the setting, remove small, snapped branch. (Note ? see also 6-wk notice ref. DC/25/142026 to fell rear bay T2 (ht.3m) at flat A, 10 Somerset Gardens). The London Borough of Lewisham (Somerset Gardens and Loampit Hill) Tree Preservation Order 1974. Informative A: thank you for retaining the tree's amenity, health and aesthetics by careful crown reduction retaining branch structure to manage the tree within its setting, and for wildlife and shade to reduce high temperatures in increasingly hot summers due to climate change. Informative B: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.

  Decided 24 Nov 2025 Trees

1 later application on the register refers to this one:

• DC/25/141718 Granted

  FLAT A, 10 SOMERSET GARDENS, LONDON, SE13 7SY

  FRONT SIDE: ONE Ash (T1/T14 in TPO)(ht.11m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 2m from 11m to ht.9m, REDUCE LATERAL SPREAD by 2m from 8m to 6m on E,W,S compass points as marked image submitted 11 November 2025, remove snapped branch resting on garage, remove deadwood, CROWN THIN by 25%. Reason: clearance from building, general management to reshape for the setting, remove small, snapped branch. (Note ? see also 6-wk notice ref. DC/25/142026 to fell rear bay T2 (ht.3m) at flat A, 10 Somerset Gardens). The London Borough of Lewisham (Somerset Gardens and Loampit Hill) Tree Preservation Order 1974. Informative A: thank you for retaining the tree's amenity, health and aesthetics by careful crown reduction retaining branch structure to manage the tree within its setting, and for wildlife and shade to reduce high temperatures in increasingly hot summers due to climate change. Informative B: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.

  Decided 24 Nov 2025 Trees

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.

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.

• 5 SOMERSET GARDENS, LONDON, SE13 7SY

  DC/25/141575 Submitted 25 Sep 2025 50 yards away

  REAR: ONE Robinia tree (T1) Crown Reduction Ht by 2.5m from 18m to 15.5m, Spread by 2.5m from 12m to 9.5m, shape accordingly & remove major deadwood & any trunk growth. REASON: To allow for more sunlight onto vegetable garden. ONE Mixed Hedge (H2) HEDGE REDUCTION Ht by 1m from 3m to 2m & trim garden side to within line of retaining wall. REASON: To create a tight & compact hedge. ONE Yew tree (T3) REPOLLARD to previous pruning points ht by 1.25m from 4m to 3.75m Spread by 0.25m from 3m to 2.75m ONE Privet Hedge (H4) ADJ to main entrance HEDGE reduction ht by 1m from 3m to 2m (from lowest point in hedge) & to trim garden side only to create a tight and compact hedge. REASON: General maintenance. 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 11 docs

• 8A SOMERSET GARDENS, LONDON, SE13 7SY

  DC/19/110569 Submitted 21 Jan 2019 50 yards away

  Listed Building Consent for installation of a new window opening to the front elevation, internal structural alterations to allow relocation of bathroom and kitchen areas including plumbing, ventilation and wiring work at 8A Somerset Gardens, SE13, together with plastering, floor finishes, new bathroom and kitchen fit-outs, decorations and external cleaning works.

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings Windows or glazing 31 docs

• 14 SOMERSET GARDENS, LONDON, SE13 7SY

  DC/23/129963 Submitted 16 Jan 2023 50 yards away

  REAR: ONE Horse Chestnut leaning stem (T1)(ht.10.5m) FELL. Reason: leans over the pathway and will fall if it grows bigger, health & safety, REAR: ONE Ash (T2) (ht.12m) LIMB REMOVAL by 8m from 8m. Reason: limb is too large for lateral projection over pathway, health & safety. REAR: ONE Elm/bay (T7) (ht.9m) FELL. Reason: leans over the pathway and will fall if it grows bigger, health & safety. REAR: SIX Horse Chestnut (G23)(ht.12m) FELL. Reason: tall stems, narrow canopies, close grown trees, fell to benefit other trees for health of woodland. Informative A: the tree works do not include the two front mature Horse chestnut trees (T16,T17 in TPO) which are protected by the London Borough of Lewisham (Somerset Gardens and Loampit Hill) Tree Preservation Order 1974. Informative B: the sensitive management of the woodland garden for the treed amenity setting of Somerset Gardens, the urban forest canopy, wildlife and environmental benefits is greatly appreciated. Informative C: where possible please use cut stems and branches in the woodland to create habitat log piles, and/ or a linear 'dead hedge' for wildlife and biodiversity. Informative D: please continue to manage and plant trees, shrubs, hedges, climbers, perennials, bulbs and groundcover for varied woodland garden landscape amenity, urban forest canopy, wildlife habitat, plants for pollinators, improve air quality.

  Granted Trees 7 docs

• 15 SOMERSET GARDENS, LONDON, SE13 7SY

  DC/25/141111 Submitted 13 Aug 2025 50 yards away

  87% historically approved · decision due ~17 Nov

  Listed Building Consent for the installation of double glazed timber windows and doors at 15 Somerset Gardens SE13

  Awaiting decision Heritage and listed buildings Windows or glazing 12 docs

• 15 SOMERSET GARDENS, LONDON, SE13 7SY

  DC/25/141110 Submitted 13 Aug 2025 50 yards away

  84% historically approved · decision due ~17 Nov

  The installation of double glazed timber windows and doors at 15 Somerset Gardens SE13.

  Awaiting decision Full applications Windows or glazing 12 docs

• 5 SOMERSET GARDENS, LONDON, SE13 7SY

  DC/22/129665 Submitted 15 Dec 2022 50 yards away

  FRONT (communal area): ONE Privet Hedge(H1)(ht.3m) HEIGHT REDUCE by 1.5m from 3m to 1.5m. Reason: boundary maintenance REAR: ONE Robina (T1)(ht.18m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 1.5m to ht.16.5m. Reason: previously reduced, general maintenance, to retain within garden setting, remove major deadwood, trunk growth. REAR: ONE Yew (T2)(ht.4m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by approx.0.5m. Reason: maintenance to create a compact, round dome shape. REAR: ONE Mixed hedge (H2)(ht.3-4m) HEIGHT REDUCE by approx.1m to ht.2-3m, trim sides. Reason: routine maintenance of boundary hedge. Informative A: the sensitive management of trees and hedges for landscape amenity, urban forest canopy to mitigate climate change, wellbeing, wildlife and environmental benefits is greatly appreciated. Informative B: please use cut branches in the garden to create habitat wood piles, and/ or a 'dead hedge' for wildlife and biodiversity.

  Granted Trees 10 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