DC/25/141777

Status: Granted (24 Nov 2025)
Application Details
Description

REAR: ONE Sycamore (T1)(ht.6m) FELL. Reason: main stem basal decay and dead wood revealed after cutting back ivy, tree is causing damage to the rear boundary retaining wall with 100 Ermine Road on lower ground, to replace with a Persian Ironwood (Parrotia persica).REAR: ONE Plum tree (T2)(ht.7m) FELL. Reason: main stem basal decay and dead wood revealed after cutting back ivy.REAR: ONE Apple (T1)(ht.5m) FELL. Reason: main stem basal decay and dead wood revealed after cutting back ivy.Garden works: to retain a magnolia tree and plant more trees such as silver birch.Informative A: the replacement Persian Ironwood tree for sycamore T3 is greatly appreciated for rear amenity and for urban greening seen from Ermine Road. Informative B: to thank for retaining the magnolia tree for amenity, wildlife and shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change. Informative C: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.Informative D: please plant trees in the ground to thrive rather than in tubs where prone to nutrient deficiency and failure should watering not be sufficient to sustain the tree during increasingly long hot, dry summers with climate change.

Council

Lewisham

Application Type

Trees in Conservation Areas

Date Received

13 Oct 2025

Date Validated

21 Oct 2025

Decision Date

24 Nov 2025

Location
Address

40 VICARS HILL, LONDON, SE13 7JL

Postcode

SE13 7JL

Coordinates

51.459552400000000, -0.021174900000000

Source: Application UPRN

Quick Info
UID
DC/25/141777
Reference
DC/25/141777
Status
Granted
Last Updated
27 Nov 2025