Planning application
HABERDASHERS ASKES HATCHAM COLLEGE, PEPYS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5SF
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
FRONT: ONE: Lime tree (T1)(ht.16m) FELL. Reason: Clay shrinkage subsidence damage at subject property. FRONT: ONE: Lime tree (T2)(ht.14m) FELL. Reason: Clay shrinkage subsidence damage at subject property. FRONT: ONE: Horse Chestnut tree (T4)(ht.18m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 4m to ht.14m, REDUCE SPREAD by 5m from 14m to 9m, prune on a biennial cycle top maintain broadly at reduced dimensions. Reason: Clay shrinkage subsidence damage at subject property. Informative A: to thank for retaining other frontage trees for landscape character, amenity, setting of the school buildings, wildlife, shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change and reducing air pollution. Informative B: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity. Informative C: should removal of the 2x lime trees not secure building stability, then would encourage the underpinning to avoid further tree removal.
As published by the council, reference DC/26/143613
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/143613
- Type
- Trees in Conservation Areas
- Status
- Registered
- Decision
- Raise No Objection
- Received
- 8 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 8 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 18 May 2026
- Ward
- Telegraph Hill
- Parish
- Does NOT need to go to BCAP
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- SE14 5SF
Site history
Applications at this address on the Lewisham register
This site has had 6 applications since 2019: 4 approved, 0 refused.
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DC/26/144982 Awaiting decision
HABERDASHERS ASKES HATCHAM COLLEGE, PEPYS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5SF
REAR: ONE: Sycamore Tree (T1) Ht 9m. FELL to ground level. Section fell to ground or as close to...
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DC/26/144526 Decided
HABERDASHERS ASKES HATCHAM COLLEGE, PEPYS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5SF
Installation of replacement double-glazed aluminium to the Swingland Building (Unit 1) and double...
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DC/21/121577 Granted
HABERDASHERS ASKES HATCHAM COLLEGE, PEPYS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5SF
Details submitted in compliance with Condition 4 (BREEAM Score), Part B, attached to planning permission reference DC/19/114696, issued on 10 February 2020, for the construction of single storey rear extension to EFAF block following demolition of the existing extension; refurbishment of the EFAF block including installation of new windows and door, provision of new rainwater goods, installation of barrier guarding on the roof and redevelopment of the shower block to create a specialist IT facility at a building at Haberdashers Aske's Hatcham College, Pepys Road SE14.
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DC/19/115092 Granted
HABERDASHERS ASKES HATCHAM COLLEGE, PEPYS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5SF
The construction of a part single/part two storey temporary building fronting Vesta Road to provide five classrooms together with construction site storage, drop off area and bin storage area at Haberdashers Aske's Hatcham College SE14.
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DC/19/114696 Granted
HABERDASHERS ASKES HATCHAM COLLEGE, PEPYS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5SF
The construction of single storey rear extension to EFAF block following demolition of the existing extension; refurbishment of the EFAF block including installation of new windows and door, provision of new rainwater goods, installation of barrier guarding on the roof and redevelopment of the shower block to create a specialist IT facility at a building at Haberdashers Aske's Hatcham College, Pepys Road SE14.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Apr 2026
Received by Lewisham
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18 May 2026
Decision issued: Raise No Objection
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25 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
MWA Arboriculture Ltd Agent, a tree-works contractor registered in Leicester
Active · incorporated 2009 · Leicester
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Lewisham granted permission on 18 May 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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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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