Planning application
71 UPPER BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1TF
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
FRONT: TWO Trachycarpus Fortunei (ht.4-5m) FELL. Reasons: one is dying, they are non-indigenous and have far outgrown what was originally expected. The trees will be replaced by a magnolia tree in one location and some smaller shrubbery in the other location. Informative A: huge thank you for replacement with a Magnolia tree and other shrubs for streetscape amenity, wildlife and to reduce high summer temperatures due to climate change, please ensure ample watering to establish. Informative B: depaving is encouraged to enlarge the tree pits to improve the rooting environment for the replacement planting. Informative C: a second replacement tree is encouraged with such as crab apple, winter flowering cherry, elder, guelder rose, Chinese redbud (Cercis chinensis), spiketail (Stachyurus praecox), wayfaring tree (Viburnum lantana).
As published by the council, reference DC/26/143363
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/143363
- Type
- Trees in Conservation Areas
- Status
- Registered
- Decision
- Granted As published: Raise No Objection
- Received
- 16 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 16 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 27 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Brockley
- Parish
- Does NOT need to go to BCAP
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- SE4 1TF
Site history
Applications at this address on the Lewisham register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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DC/26/142587 Granted
71 UPPER BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1TF
REAR: ONE Olive (T1)(ht.4m) FELL. Reason: tree outgrown it's location, to be replaced an Albizia tree. Informative A: huge thank you for the replacement Albizzia tree for rear outlook amenity and for maintaining a planted landscaped rear garden for urban greening benefits for wildlife, to improve air quality, to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change and flood mitigation. Informative B: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Mar 2026
Received by Lewisham
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27 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Raise No Objection
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25 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
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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.
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