Planning application
22 BELMONT HILL, LONDON, SE13 5BD
Works: Trees
Relates to DC/26/144402
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
REAR: ONE Lime (T1)(approx.ht.18m) POLLARD to ht.12m. Reason: health & safety, extensive decay cavity in main leader. REAR: ONE Lime (T2)(approx.ht.18m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by approx.5-6m to ht.12-13m, LATERAL REDUCE by up to 5m, maintaining natural shape where possible. Reason: extensive decay at branch fork. The very urgent works are planned for 3 August 2026. Stems of T1 & T2 originate from same rootball, on raised ground boundary adjacent to no.3 Purelake Mews to the rear (off Marischal Road), decay issues hidden by extensive ivy growth, and discovered when crown lift undertaken re 6-wk notice DC/26/144402. Informative A: huge thank you for retaining the trees for rear amenity, wildlife, wellbeing, rainwater run-off mitigation and shade to reduce increasingly high and frequent heatwaves due to climate change. Informative B: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.
As published by the council, reference DC/26/144885
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/144885
- Type
- Dead & Hazardous Trees
- Status
- Registered
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 29 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 29 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 3 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Blackheath
- Parish
- Does NOT need to go to BCAP
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- SE13 5BD
Site history
Applications at this address on the Lewisham register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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DC/26/144402 Awaiting decision
22 BELMONT HILL, LONDON, SE13 5BD
T1 Lime - CROWN LIFT to approximately 3m above roof of neighbouring property and remove basal gro...
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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29 Jul 2026
Received by Lewisham
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1 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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3 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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10 Aug 2026
Status changed to Unknown
Previously Registered.
Related applications
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DC/26/144402 Awaiting decision
22 BELMONT HILL, LONDON, SE13 5BD
T1 Lime - CROWN LIFT to approximately 3m above roof of neighbouring property and remove basal gro...
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
9 documents on file for this application
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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.
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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Granted Trees 4 docs -
87 BELMONT HILL, LONDON, SE13 5AX
REAR: ONE Lombardy poplar (T1)(ht.16m) FELL. Reason: large cavity going through the stem at approx.ht.4m and decay throughout the stem, only approx 5% sound wood, hazardous tree high risk to property, PTI qualified arborist Jake Loader conducted the assessment, felled tree to be replaced under duty to replace. REAR: ONE Ash (T2)(ht.12m) CROWN REDUCE if possible, rather than FELL. Reason: small work zone to dismantle the Lombardy poplar next to garden cabin, ash will need to be reduced, possibly felled to work on the Lombardy poplar, no access for a MEWP or crane, felled tree to be replaced under duty to replace. Informative A: huge thank you for agreeing in agent's email 21.11.25 to look to retain ash T2 with crown reduction if possible. Informative B: please retain a safe low stem of Lombardy poplar T1 for wildlife and biodiversity. Informative C: the landowner has a duty to plant a replacement tree when a tree in a conservation area is removed because it is dead, or presents an immediate risk of serious harm, para 121 Tree Preservation Orders and trees in conservation areas, government guidance 6 March 2014. Informative D: replace Lombardy poplar T1, and ash T2 if also felled, with mixed species selected from: bird cherry, small leaved lime, oak, Robinia, wild cherry, Norway maple, whitebeam, beech, wild service tree (Sorbus torminalis), walnut, hornbeam, Hop hornbeam, Indian horse chestnut, Tulip tree, wingnut, Golden Rain Tree/Pride of India (Koelreuteria paniculata), Katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum), Japanese pagoda tree (Styphnolobium japonicum), Italian alder, Hackberry (Celtis australis), Turkish hazel, Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus dioica), Bee-bee tree (Tetradium daniellii/Euodia hupehensis), Caucasian Elm (Zelkova carpinifolia), Persian Ironwood (Parrotia persica), Mulberry, for amenity, wildlife and shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change - see below for further replanting details. Informative E: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.
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