Planning application
40 CRANFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1UG
Works: Trees Small domestic
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Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
REAR: ONE: Bay tree (T1)(ht.4m) - FELL. REASON: the tree is encroaching neighbours garden and damaging fence. Client has recently planted 4 new trees and 4m worth of mixed species hedging. Informative A: huge thank you for retaining other trees and planting 4x new trees and 4m of mixed species hedge ? native species are encouraged - for amenity, wildlife and urban forest canopy to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change. Informative B: please create habitat log piles and 'dead hedge' with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity and provide hedgehog highway holes at the bottom of fencing for connected roaming.
As published by the council, reference DC/26/143050
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/143050
- Type
- Trees in Conservation Areas
- Status
- Registered
- Decision
- Raise No Objection
- Received
- 19 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 1 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 27 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Brockley
- Parish
- Does NOT need to go to BCAP
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- SE4 1UG
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Feb 2026
Received by Lewisham
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1 Apr 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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27 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Raise No Objection
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25 Jul 2026
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Who's behind it
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Down to Earth Trees Ltd Agent, registered in Chislehurst
Active · incorporated 2012 · Chislehurst
121 applications on PlanIndex · across 17 councils · 98% granted
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Lewisham granted permission on 27 April 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.
About tree works applications
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.
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