Planning application
MERETON MANSIONS, BROOKMILL ROAD, LONDON, SE8 4HS
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
FRONT: FIVE: Acer tree (T1-T5) CROWN REDUCTION by 2m from 10m to 8m. SPREAD by 4m from 6m to 2m. REASONS: Routine maintenance and repeat pruning for the health and safety of the trees and to provide light to surrounding gardens. FRONT: THREE: Acer tree (T6,T7,T9) CROWN REDUCTION by 2m from 9m to 7m. CROWN REDUCTION by 3m from 5m to 2m. REASONS: Routine maintenance and repeat pruning for the health and safety of the trees and to provide light to surrounding gardens. FRONT: ONE: Acer tree (T8) CROWN REDUCTION by 2m from 9m to 7m. SPREAD by 3m from 6m to 3m. REASONS: Routine maintenance and repeat pruning for the health and safety of the trees and to provide light to surrounding gardens. REAR: ONE: Acer tree (T10) CROWN REDUCTION by 2m from 12m to 10m. SPREAD 4m from 8m to 4m REASONS: Routine maintenance and repeat pruning for the health and safety of the trees and to provide light to surrounding gardens. REAR: TWO: Acer tree (T11,T12) CROWN REDUCTION by 2m from 12m to 10m. SPREAD by 3m from 5m to 2m REASONS: Routine maintenance and repeat pruning for the health and safety of the trees and to provide light to surrounding gardens. REAR: ONE: Hawthorn (T13) HEIGHT 6.5m. CROWN LIFT to 2.5m above ground level. REASON: Formative pruning REAR: ONE: Crab Apple tree (T14) HEIGHT 7m. FELL to ground level. Reason: tree in rapid decline, dying. REAR: ONE: Acer tree (T15) HEIGHT 14m. FELL to ground level REASON: Tree unable to establish long term, stable lean, asymmetrical crown, suppressed by adj T16, close to property, overhanging adj gardens. REAR: ONE: Acer tree (T16) CROWN LIFT to 3m above ground level. LATERAL REDUCTION by 2m from 10m to 8m at N Compass Point. REASON: Routine maintenance to protect and provide light to neighbouring property. REAR: ONE: Acer tree (T17) CROWN LIFT to 3m above ground level. LATERAL REDUCTION by 2m from 10 to 8m. at N Compass point. REASON: Routine maintenance to protect and provide light to neighbouring property. Note: T5-T9 are outside the Deptford High Street & St Pauls conservation area boundary Informative A: replacement tree planting is encouraged where suitable within the Mereton Mansions site, to maintain tree amenity & urban greening. Informative B: huge thanks for maintaining and retaining the other trees for treed character amenity, wellbeing, wildlife, rainwater run-off mitigation and shade to reduce increasingly high and frequent heatwaves due to climate change. Informative C: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.
As published by the council, reference DC/26/144113
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/144113
- Type
- Trees in Conservation Areas
- Status
- Registered
- Decision
- Raise No Objection
- Received
- 22 May 2026
- Validated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 3 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Deptford
- Parish
- Does NOT need to go to BCAP
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- SE8 4HS
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 May 2026
Received by Lewisham
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22 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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3 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Raise No Objection
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10 Aug 2026
Status changed to Unknown
Previously Registered.
Who's behind it
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Arbortech Tree Services Agent, a tree-works contractor
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Lewisham granted permission on 3 August 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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