Planning application
PENTLAND HOUSE, OLD ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5SZ
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
REAR: ONE dead Japanese Cherry (T1)(ht.3m) FELL & replace. Reason: recent major limb failure, with fungal fruiting bodies, replace with another Japanese Cherry (tree to be double staked and tied, mulch applied to base), duty to replace applies. FRONT: ONE Sycamore (T2)(ht.17m) remove deadwood, suspended and broken branches ? exempt works. Informative A: 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 B: huge thank you for the replacement Japanese cherry for T1, under duty to replace. Informative C: great appreciation for retaining a treed site for amenity, wildlife and shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change. Informative D: please retain safe standing deadwood stem and create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.
As published by the council, reference DC/26/142998
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/142998
- Type
- Trees in Conservation Areas
- Status
- Registered
- Decision
- Granted As published: Raise No Objection
- Received
- 13 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 27 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 23 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Lee Green
- Parish
- Does NOT need to go to BCAP
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- SE13 5SZ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Lewisham register
This site has had 2 applications since 2019: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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DC/19/110360 Granted
PENTLAND HOUSE, OLD ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5SZ
Details submitted for the treatment of floor surfaces, the repainting works to the existing surfaces and the first floor balustrade in compliance with Condition (3) of the retrospective Listed Building Consent (DC/18/106125) dated 11th May 2018 for internal alterations, removals and repairs at ground and first floor levels, together with the installation of a new handrail at first floor level, to facilitate the continued use of Pentland House, Old Road, SE13 as a hostel (Use Class C2).
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Feb 2026
Received by Lewisham
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27 Feb 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Raise No Objection
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25 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Oxleas Tree Care Ltd Agent, a tree-works contractor registered in Dartford
Active · incorporated 2012 · Dartford
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Lewisham granted permission on 23 March 2026, 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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