HORNIMAN GARDENS, HORNIMAN DRIVE, LONDON, SE23 3BT

1. 28 Jul 2026

   Received by Lewisham

2. 4 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 22 September 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   Lewisham took a median of 53 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

This application is with Lewisham for determination. The council publicises it, consults neighbours and technical bodies where required, and weighs the responses against local and national planning policy.

The statutory target is eight weeks for most applications and thirteen for major development, though extensions of time are common. Comments carry most weight while the case is undecided, so check the council portal for the deadline if you want to respond.

Tree applications cover work to protected trees: those under a tree preservation order need consent for pruning or felling, and trees in a conservation area need six weeks written notice before work starts. The council assesses the amenity value of the tree and can refuse consent, approve it with conditions, or in conservation areas make a preservation order in response.

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• 69 HORNIMAN DRIVE, LONDON, SE23 3BU

  DC/19/114350 Submitted 18 Oct 2019 45m away

  The construction of a dormer extension to the rear roofslope and installation of a rooflight to the rear at 69 Horniman Drive, SE23.

  Granted Householder Extension Loft or dormer 17 docs
  Domestic

• 73 HORNIMAN DRIVE, LONDON, SE23 3BU

  DC/25/141677 Submitted 2 Oct 2025 45m away

  FRONT:ONE Birch (T1)(ht10cm)CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 3m to 7m from 10m (by 30%). LATERAL REDUCTION by 1.9m from 6.5m to 4.6m Reason: routine maintenance Informative A: The sensitive management of the tree is greatly appreciated for landscape amenity, wildlife, wellbeing, and urban forest canopy for environmental benefits to mitigate the effects of climate change. Informative B: Wherever possible, please create habitat log piles in the garden from cut branches for wildlife and biodiversity.

  Granted Trees 7 docs

• 71 HORNIMAN DRIVE, LONDON, SE23 3BU

  DC/19/114635 Submitted 12 Nov 2019 45m away

  The installation of replacement windows in the front elevation at ground floor level, enlargement of the window opening at second floor level, bifold doors in the rear elevation and rooflight in the rear roof slope at 71 Horniman Drive SE23.

  Refused Full applications Loft or dormer Windows or glazing 26 docs

• 67 HORNIMAN DRIVE, LONDON, SE23 3BU

  DC/26/143237 Submitted 6 Mar 2026 45m away

  REAR: ONE Elder (T1)(ht.4m) FELL. Reason: poor quality, self-seeded specimen, crown in decline, client is reinstating boundary fencing where the tree is growing and is keen to relandscape and plant the area. FRONT: ONE Ash (T3)(ht.8m) remove deadwood (exempt works). Reason: tree has major deadwood overhanging a public footpath, prominent basal decay and Inonotus hispidus brackets on top of the crown, outside a school, posing a hazard. Informative A: replacement planting is encouraged for rear (T1) for amenity and to support wildlife with another elder or such as crab apple, pear, hazel, laburnum, Magnolia, mulberry. Informative B: huge thanks for retaining the front ash for streetscape amenity, wildlife and shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change. Informative C: please create habitat log piles with arisings from T1 & T2 for wildlife and biodiversity. Informative D: please provide hedgehog highway holes in the gravel board of replacement fencing.

  Granted Trees 6 docs

• 8 CLEEVE HILL, LONDON, SE23 3DD

  DC/26/144746 Submitted 15 Jul 2026 68m away

  90% historically approved · decision due ~9 Sep

  The replacement of windows and doors on the front and rear elevations, internal reconfiguration and the construction of a shed along the eastern boundary for the purpose of storage at 8 Cleeve Hill, SE23.

  Awaiting decision Householder Windows or glazing 15 docs
  Small domestic

• 8 SURREY MOUNT, LONDON, SE23 3PF

  DC/14/086951 Submitted 21 Mar 2014 103m away

  Cut back one Ash tree from street furniture, Crown lift all trees (live crown to 4 metres) on road to prevent tree damage by lorries, Crown reduce one Robinia by 30%(height reduced by 3 metres and lateral limbs reduced by 2 metres), Reduce conifers to the rear of no.1 by 4 metres.

  Withdrawn Trees

• DC/26/145195 Granted

  8 LEE ROAD, LONDON, SE3 9RT

  REAR: ONE Robinia (TPO T5)(approx.ht.12m) POLLARD three main stems by approx.6m to ht.6m. Reason: safety retrenchement, extensive die back of canopy, Kretzschmaria deusta (Brittle Cinder wood-decay fungus) found at base of tree. The London Borough of Lewisham (Page Heath Estate no.5) Tree Preservation Order 1976. Informative A: huge thank you for managing the TPO tree to retain for amenity, wildlife and shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change. Informative B: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.

  27 Aug 2026 Trees
• DC/26/145174 Awaiting decision

  KEMSLEY, LEWISHAM PARK, LONDON, SE13 6QW

  FRONT (to Lewisham High St): ONE Crab Apple (5240) Ht 2m FELL - (not in TPO). Reason: Dead tree - Following findings from a tree survey. Duty to replace dead tree in conservation area. REPLACEMENT PROPOSAL: We will replace the dead apple with another apple, so a like for like replacement. The whip will be 1-1.5m as you have requested. The tree will be protected with support from a stake, mulch will be added around the base and due to the size and girth of the tree, we will also provide a strimmer guard to go around the base of the tree to protect from any possible strimmer damage. See DC/26/144684 fro Two TPO trees; Copper Beech & False Acacia trees

  25 Aug 2026 Trees
• DC/26/144620 Granted

  249A KIRKDALE, LONDON, SE26 4QD

  FRONT: THREE Lime (T1,T2,T3)(ht.7-8m) carefully re pollard the crown back to old points aproximately 3 metres of regrowth FRONT: ONE hornbeam (T4)(ht.8m) reduce the overall size of crown by 3 metres. These trees are causing excessive shading

  7 Jul 2026 Trees
• DC/26/145009 Awaiting decision

  CLARENDON HOTEL, 8-16 MONTPELIER ROW, LONDON, SE3 0RW

  REAR: ONE: Beech Tree ( T4) ( TPO T34 of TPO 1976 ) Height approx. 25+m. FELL to ground level. REASON: For health & safety reasons we request the tree be completely felled due to disease. The tree is in a private car park within the hotel boundry.The tree branches are incredibly fragile & prone to breakage.

  10 Aug 2026 Trees
• DC/26/144989 Awaiting decision

  79 DACRE PARK, LONDON, SE13 5BX

  REAR: ONE: Cherry Tree (T1) Ht 6m. FELL to ground level. REASON: Dead tree. RFW Routine maintenance. FRONT: ONE: Cherry Tree (T2) CROWN REDUCTION by 2.5m from 12m to 9.5m. SPREAD by 2.5m from 6.5m to 4m. REASON: remove major deadwood. RFW Routine maintenance.

  6 Aug 2026 Trees