Lewisham/DC/24/137475

Location

Approximate location

Proposal

REAR (Brockley Rise): SIXTEEN Limes (G1,TPO G1)(ht:7m): RE-POLLARD by 3m to previous pollard points.FRONT (Otford Crescent): FOURTEEN Limes (G2,TPO G2)(ht:c.8m): RE-POLLARD by 4m to previous pollard points.FRONT (Brockley Rise): ONE Lime (T1,TPO T2)(ht:10m, rs:7m): RE-POLLARD by 6m to previous pollard points.REAR (37,39 Otford Crescent): ONE Lombardy Poplar (T4,TPO G3)(ht:16m, rs:5m): remove large hung up limb.REAR (37,39 Otford Crescent): TWO Lombardy Poplar (T5&T6, TPO G3)(ht:15m, rs:5m): FELL. Reason: major canopy decline, fungal decay in stem.REAR (37,39 Otford Crescent): ONE Lombardy Poplar (T7,TPO G3)(ht:10m, rs:3m): remove large regrowth from old stump.REAR (37,39 Otford Crescent): ONE Lombardy Poplar (T8,TPO G3)(ht:15m, rs:7m): CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 8m from 15m to 7m. Reason: Major cavity and decay pockets located on the main stem and around the base of the tree.The London Borough of Lewisham (Kings College Sports Ground, Brockley Rise) Tree Preservation Order 2005. Informative A: 2x replacement trees for the 2x felled TPO Lombardy poplars (TPO G3) are required ? see condition 3 below for 1x small leaved lime and 1x wild cherry.Informative B: ongoing site habitat enhancement works with advice from the council's Ecological Regeneration Manager is hugely welcomed. Informative C: planting beside Otford Crescent as part of the habitat enhancement works is greatly supported to reinforce boundary amenity (TPO G2) and could include species such as crab apple, goat willow, elder, hawthorn, Alder buckthorn, bird cherry, hazel. Informative D: retention of safe standing stems or high stumps of T5 & T6 in TPO G3 and creation of habitat log piles with some arisings is encouraged.

Key dates

1. Received 23 Sept 2024
2. Validated 11 Oct 2024
3. Started 11 Oct 2024
4. Decided 5 Feb 2025

Planning history / related applications

No related planning applications have been identified in the current public OGL dataset.