Planning application
59 BREAKSPEARS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1XR
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
SIDE: ONE Laurel (T1)(ht.approx.7m) FELL. Reason: not a good specimen, next to 2m wall and side access. A replacement native pollinator tree will be planted in a more suitable location. Informative A: the replacement native pollinator tree is hugely welcomed and supported for green infrastructure benefits and to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change.
As published by the council, reference DC/25/142043
Application record
- Reference
- DC/25/142043
- Type
- Trees in Conservation Areas
- Status
- Registered
- Decision
- Raise No Objection
- Received
- 5 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 5 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 1 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Brockley
- Parish
- Does NOT need to go to BCAP
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- SE4 1XR
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 Nov 2025
Received by Lewisham
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1 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Raise No Objection
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10 Aug 2026
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Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Agent on file, a tree-works contractor registered in London
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6 documents on file for this application
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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.
About trees applications
How this application type works
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.
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