Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Application overview
FRONT (left side): SIX Lime (TG3/T1-T6 in TPO)(ht.7m) RE-POLLARD HEIGHT by 3m from 7m to ht.4m to previous points ref previous history DC/21/123620. Reason: Repeat routine maintenance beside access path.London Borough of Lewisham (York House, 66 Lawrie Park Road, London SE26) Tree Preservation Order 1990.Informative A: the management to retain these low pollard trees is greatly appreciated for landscape amenity for Lawrie Park Road and for the treed/hedge setting of the south side of York House, providing boundary screening, urban greening for wildlife, environmental benefits, wellbeing and climate change mitigation.Informative B: please create habitat wood piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.
Proposal details
- Reference
- DC/25/141608
- Alternative references
- PP-14366895
- Ward
- Sydenham
- Parish
- Does NOT need to go to BCAP
- Agent
- Bennu Services Ltd
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Decision noticeDecision · PDF | 4 Nov 2025 | View |
| Application formApplication Form · PDF | 29 Sept 2025 | View |
| Aerial viewCase Copy Drawings | 29 Sept 2025 | View |
| Tree image 1Photographs · PDF | 29 Sept 2025 | View |
| Tree image 2Photographs | 29 Sept 2025 | View |
| Tree location mapCase Copy Drawings | 29 Sept 2025 | View |
Documents open on the council website. Browse council documents if a link has changed.
Application timeline
Council milestones and published deadlines. A deadline passing does not confirm a decision.
Decision & conditions
Decision noticePlanning conditions
Conditions aren’t listed here. Read the council decision notice for the full decision and conditions.
