Lewisham/DC/26/145751

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Proposal

FRONT: ONE Copper Beech (TPO T1) (ht.16m, spread 5-8m) FELL. Reason: health & safety, high target risk to road, weight over the highway, buttress roots on S side have extensive decay and a cavity, large area of dead bark on S side of trunk extending from base to ht.4m to the previously removed limb considered to be a continuous column of decaying wood, cavity observed at union where previously twin-stemmed , minor cavities throughout the canopy, exudates observed on lower stem, stem sounded with mallet indicated extensive internal decay.Duty to replace applies. The London Borough of Lewisham (100 Burnt Ash Hill, London SE12) Tree Preservation Order 2002.Informative A: the landowner has a duty to plant a replacement tree if a TPO tree is removed, uprooted or destroyed in contravention of the order or because it is dead or presents an immediate risk of serious harm, Section 206 of Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended). Also ref: Tree Preservation Orders and trees in conservation areas, government guidance 6 March 2014, para 79, 80 and 153. Informative B: a replacement large canopy tree is required in the front garden, species to be selected from: small leaved lime, oak, sycamore, Robinia, Norway maple, beech, field maple, whitebeam, wild service tree (Sorbus torminalis), Tulip Tree, hornbeam, hop hornbeam (Ostrya carpinifolia), Indian horse chestnut, Caucasian wingnut (Pterocarya fraxinifolia), Pride of India/Golden Rain tree (Koelreuteria paniculata), Japanese pagoda tree (Styphnolobium japonicum), Italian alder, Hackberry (Celtis australis), Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus dioica), Liquidambar, Bee-bee Tree (Tetradium daniellii), Turkish hazel, Turkey oak, Caucasian elm (Zelkova carpinifolia), Katsura Tree (Cercidiphyllum japonicum) for streetscape amenity, health & wellbeing, wildlife and biodiversity and to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change.Informative C: The Bat Conservation Trust advises checking thoroughly for roosting bats before and during tree works with soft fell process followed to proceed with care and with cut timber left grounded over night to allow any bats to make their way out, tree works ideally during Sept/Oct to avoid maternity and hibernation seasons when bats are most vulnerable to disturbance.Informative D: please retain a safe standing stem or high stump for wildlife and biodiversity including the endangered stag beetle which has a stronghold in SE London, and create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.

Key dates

1. Received 12 Oct 2026
2. Validated 12 Oct 2026
3. Started 12 Oct 2026
4. Decided 15 Oct 2026

Planning history / related applications

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