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Amended works omit TWO Sycamore T24,T25 as agreed in agents email 3 Feb 2026:CENTRAL: ONE Sycamore (T12)(ht.9m) CROWN LIFT to 5m above ground level, remove broken/damaged branches. Reason: to provide clearance beneath canopy.CENTRAL: ONE Sycamore (T13)(ht.17m) LATERAL REDUCE by 2m on N&E compass to suitable growth points, CROWN LIFT to 5m above ground level, (sever ivy - exempt work). Reason: to provide clearance from building.CENTRAL: ONE Crab Apple (T28)(ht.6m) LATERAL REDUCE SPREAD by 1m from 4m to 3m on W compass. Reason: clearance from building.CENTRAL: ONE Sycamore (T30)(ht.14m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 2.5m to ht.11.5m, LATERAL REDUCE by 1m from 6m to 5m to suitable growth points. Reason: Remove broken/damaged branches, improve re-balance shape.FRONT (by A21): ONE Wild Cherry (T31)(ht.13m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 2.5m to ht.10.5m, LATERAL REDUCE SPREAD by 1m from 5m to 4m to suitable growth points. Reason: Remove broken/damaged branches improve re-balance shape.FRONT (by A21): ONE Sycamore (T32)(ht.12m) LATERAL REDUCE by 1.5m from 6m to 4.5m on NE compass. Reason: clearence from carpark light.Informative A: omitting the 2 sycamores T24,T25 from the 6-week notice is hugely appreciated to enable a comprehensive report of the wall situation relative to the trees which screen hospital buildings and provide a treed landscape setting of the Church Therapeutic Garden.Informative B: as discussed in previous joint meetings about the wall between Council, Church and Hospital, should it be established there is no alternative to repair the wall other than by crown reduction or felling T24,T25, a tree & shrub replanting plan is to be produced to mitigate loss of amenity. Informative C: huge thank you for sensitive management of trees throughout the hospital estate to retain a treed setting for staff, patients and visitors for amenity, wildlife, wellbeing and health especially for shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change and to improve air quality beside the busy A21. Informative D: new tree planting across the hospital estate is encouraged to maintain long-term public realm amenity, wildlife habitat, health & wellbeing, urban forest canopy cover to reduce air pollution and mitigate climate change. Informative E: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.

UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM, LEWISHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE13 6LH

UnknownReference: DC/26/142583London Borough of Lewisham

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Status
Unknown
Application type
Trees in Conservation Areas
Received
5 Jan 2026
Validated
27 Jan 2026
Determination deadline
Not published
Local authority
London Borough of Lewisham

Application overview

Amended works omit TWO Sycamore T24,T25 as agreed in agents email 3 Feb 2026:CENTRAL: ONE Sycamore (T12)(ht.9m) CROWN LIFT to 5m above ground level, remove broken/damaged branches. Reason: to provide clearance beneath canopy.CENTRAL: ONE Sycamore (T13)(ht.17m) LATERAL REDUCE by 2m on N&E compass to suitable growth points, CROWN LIFT to 5m above ground level, (sever ivy - exempt work). Reason: to provide clearance from building.CENTRAL: ONE Crab Apple (T28)(ht.6m) LATERAL REDUCE SPREAD by 1m from 4m to 3m on W compass. Reason: clearance from building.CENTRAL: ONE Sycamore (T30)(ht.14m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 2.5m to ht.11.5m, LATERAL REDUCE by 1m from 6m to 5m to suitable growth points. Reason: Remove broken/damaged branches, improve re-balance shape.FRONT (by A21): ONE Wild Cherry (T31)(ht.13m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 2.5m to ht.10.5m, LATERAL REDUCE SPREAD by 1m from 5m to 4m to suitable growth points. Reason: Remove broken/damaged branches improve re-balance shape.FRONT (by A21): ONE Sycamore (T32)(ht.12m) LATERAL REDUCE by 1.5m from 6m to 4.5m on NE compass. Reason: clearence from carpark light.Informative A: omitting the 2 sycamores T24,T25 from the 6-week notice is hugely appreciated to enable a comprehensive report of the wall situation relative to the trees which screen hospital buildings and provide a treed landscape setting of the Church Therapeutic Garden.Informative B: as discussed in previous joint meetings about the wall between Council, Church and Hospital, should it be established there is no alternative to repair the wall other than by crown reduction or felling T24,T25, a tree & shrub replanting plan is to be produced to mitigate loss of amenity. Informative C: huge thank you for sensitive management of trees throughout the hospital estate to retain a treed setting for staff, patients and visitors for amenity, wildlife, wellbeing and health especially for shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change and to improve air quality beside the busy A21. Informative D: new tree planting across the hospital estate is encouraged to maintain long-term public realm amenity, wildlife habitat, health & wellbeing, urban forest canopy cover to reduce air pollution and mitigate climate change. Informative E: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.

Proposal details

Reference
DC/26/142583
Alternative references
PP-14600223
Parish
Does NOT need to go to BCAP
Agent
Oxleas Tree Care

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Decision noticeDecision · PDF4 Feb 2026View
Tree photographsPhotographs · PDF3 Feb 2026View
Tree conditions surveyCase Copy Documents · PDF7 Jan 2026View
Sketch planCase Copy Drawings · PDF7 Jan 2026View
Tree conditions surveyCase Copy Documents · PDF7 Jan 2026View
Reasons for workCase Copy Documents · PDF7 Jan 2026View
Application formApplication Form · PDF7 Jan 2026View

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