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Planning AtlasLewishamForest Hill wardSE23 3BU
AtlasLewishamForest HillSE23 3BU
Postcode record · Lewisham

SE23 3BU.

SE23 3BU has 19 known premises and 33 planning records — 14 approved of 31 decided (45.2%). 11 EPC records.

LewishamForest HillSE23 3BU
Postcode SE23 3BU · boundary not held, centred on the postcodeApprovedRefusedOther33 exact5 approximate38 on the map — every match
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19
Premises
known addresses (UPRNs)
33
Applications
31 decided
45.2%
Approval rate
14 approved · 2 refused
11
EPC records
ratings C 7 · D 1 · E 3
38
Mapped applications
inside the postcode shape
Postcode unit boundary from Ordnance Survey; premises and applications inside it. Aggregates describe the area, not any single premises.
Property

What is it?

SE23 3BU has 19 known premises and 33 planning records — 14 approved of 31 decided (45.2%). 11 EPC records.

Premises (18 of 19 shown)

Planning

What happened?

33 planning applications across the postcode; 14 approved of 31 decided (45.2%). Latest 30 shown.

Reference
Proposal · address
Type
Outcome
Date · distance
REAR: ONE Elder (T1)(ht.4m) FELL. Reason: poor quality, self-seeded specimen, crown in decline, client is reinstating boundary fencing where the tree is growing and is keen to relandscape and plant the area. FRONT: ONE Ash (T3)(ht.8m) remove deadwood (exempt works). Reason: tree has major deadwood overhanging a public footpath, prominent basal decay and Inonotus hispidus brackets on top of the crown, outside a school, posing a hazard. Informative A: replacement planting is encouraged for rear (T1) for amenity and to support wildlife with another elder or such as crab apple, pear, hazel, laburnum, Magnolia, mulberry. Informative B: huge thanks for retaining the front ash for streetscape amenity, wildlife and shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change. Informative C: please create habitat log piles with arisings from T1 & T2 for wildlife and biodiversity. Informative D: please provide hedgehog highway holes in the gravel board of replacement fencing.
67 HORNIMAN DRIVE, LONDON, SE23 3BU · premises record
Trees in Conservation Areas
No objection
2026-03-06
FRONT:ONE Birch (T1)(ht10cm)CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 3m to 7m from 10m (by 30%). LATERAL REDUCTION by 1.9m from 6.5m to 4.6m Reason: routine maintenance Informative A: The sensitive management of the tree is greatly appreciated for landscape amenity, wildlife, wellbeing, and urban forest canopy for environmental benefits to mitigate the effects of climate change. Informative B: Wherever possible, please create habitat log piles in the garden from cut branches for wildlife and biodiversity.
73 HORNIMAN DRIVE, LONDON, SE23 3BU · premises record
Applicant David Tinline · Agent Foxy Arboriculture Ltd · Officer Ian Smith
Trees in Conservation Areas
No objection
2025-10-02
Proposed alteration of the front elevation in connection with conversion of the garage to provide additional living space and all other associated works at 67 Horniman Drive SE23
67 HORNIMAN DRIVE, LONDON, SE23 3BU · premises record
Householder Application
Approved
2024-07-05
Conversion of existing garage into a habitable space and the replacing of the garage door with a window and timber cladding surround at 62 Horniman Drive, SE23 including installation of replacement aluminium double-glazed windows and doors to all elevations.
62 HORNIMAN DRIVE, LONDON, SE23 3BU · premises record
Householder Application
Approved
2024-06-14
REAR: ONE Hornbeam (T1)(ht:11m, rs:8m): CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 3m from 11m to 8m, REDUCE RADIUS by 2m from 8m to 6m, reshape back to previous pruning points, and lift to crown break, prune back from 2 Cleve Hill by 2m (or less if required); Reason: Routine maintenance. Informative A: The sensitive management of the tree is greatly appreciated for landscape amenity, wildlife, wellbeing, and urban forest canopy for environmental benefits to mitigate the effects of climate change. Informative B: Wherever possible, please create habitat log piles in the garden from cut branches for wildlife and biodiversity.
73 HORNIMAN DRIVE, LONDON, SE23 3BU · premises record
Applicant David Tinline · Agent Foxy Arboriculture Ltd · Officer Ian Smith
Trees in Conservation Areas
No objection
2023-12-04
FRONT: ONE Silver Birch (T1)(approx.ht.10m) HEIGHT REDUCE by approx.2.5m to approx.ht.7-8m, LATERAL REDUCE by 1.5m from r.5.5m to r.4m, CROWN THIN by 20%, CROWN LIFT to approx.3m above ground level. Reason: previously reduced, routine maintenance for garden setting, proximity to house and overhead wires, light deprivation. Informative A: the sensitive management to retain the tree for streetscape amenity near the entrance to the Horniman Gardens, for urban forest canopy, wellbeing, wildlife, environmental benefits and to mitigate the climate and biodiversity emergencies is greatly appreciated. Informative B: where possible please create log piles on site including burying logs vertically into the ground 'Giants Causeway style' for stag beetle habitat, and lay arisings between stakes as a 'dead hedge' for wildlife habitat and biodiversity.
73 HORNIMAN DRIVE, LONDON, SE23 3BU · premises record
Trees in Conservation Areas
No objection
2022-09-26
REAR (to Cleeve Hill): ONE Oak (T1)(approx.ht.14m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT and SPREAD by approx.2-3m to previous prune / appropriate growth points, to retain some leaf bearing twig structure, remove deadwood. Reason: repeat routine maintenance, previous crown reduction ref DC/16/099055. Informative A: the sensitive management of the oak tree for amenity, urban forest canopy/urban greening, wellbeing, wildlife, environmental benefits and to mitigate the climate and biodiversity emergencies is greatly appreciated. Informative B: where possible create log and wood piles or lay arisings horizontally between poles as 'dead hedges' on site for wildlife habitat and biodiversity.
69 HORNIMAN DRIVE, LONDON, SE23 3BU · premises record
Applicant Mrs Denise Tree · Officer Valerie Harris
Trees in Conservation Areas
No objection
2022-08-08
FRONT: ONE dead Pine (T1,ht.8m) FELL. Reason: the tree has died, health & safety, duty to replace applies. Informative: duty to replace applies for dead tree(s) in conservation areas (Para 121 of Tree Preservation Orders and trees in conservation areas guidance) to benefit streetscape amenity, the landscape character of Forest Hill in proximity to the Horniman Gardens and to maintain the Urban Forest tree canopy cover; suggested species include crab apple, Tibetan cherry, hawthorn, paperbark maple, spindle, holly, wild service tree. Informative: retain standing dead timber where safe to do so, and retain lying felled timber and create log piles, for wildlife habitat and biodiversity.
67 HORNIMAN DRIVE, LONDON, SE23 3BU · premises record
Applicant MR PETER ANDERSON · Officer Valerie Harris
Trees in Conservation Areas
No objection
2021-02-16
SIDE: ONE Hornbeam (T1)(ht.8-10m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 0.4m, REDUCE RADIUS by 0.7-1.2m to 1.85m on all compass points to previous pruning points, CROWN LIFT to 3m above ground level. Reason: routine maintenance in proximity to adjacent building and limited garden setting.
73 HORNIMAN DRIVE, LONDON, SE23 3BU · premises record
Applicant David Tinline · Agent Foxy Arboriculture · Officer Valerie Harris
Trees in Conservation Areas
No objection
2020-09-09
FRONT: ONE Silver Birch tree (T1) CROWN REDUCTION & RESHAPE by 25% - North by 0.9m from 2.9m to 2m, South by 0.7m from 2.7 to 2m, East by 0.7m from 2.7 to 2m, West by 0.7m from 2.7 to 2m
71 HORNIMAN DRIVE, LONDON, SE23 3BU · premises record
Applicant Lucy Beverley · Agent Foxy Arboriculture · Officer Miriam Baptist
Trees in Conservation Areas
No objection
2020-08-21
REAR: ONE Elder (T1)(ht.4m) FELL. Reason: poor quality, self-seeded specimen, crown in decline, client is reinstating boundary fencing where the tree is growing and is keen to relandscape and plant the area. FRONT: ONE Ash (T3)(ht.8m) remove deadwood (exempt works). Reason: tree has major deadwood overhanging a public footpath, prominent basal decay and Inonotus hispidus brackets on top of the crown, outside a school, posing a hazard. Informative A: replacement planting is encouraged for rear (T1) for amenity and to support wildlife with another elder or such as crab apple, pear, hazel, laburnum, Magnolia, mulberry. Informative B: huge thanks for retaining the front ash for streetscape amenity, wildlife and shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change. Informative C: please create habitat log piles with arisings from T1 & T2 for wildlife and biodiversity. Informative D: please provide hedgehog highway holes in the gravel board of replacement fencing.
67 HORNIMAN DRIVE, LONDON, SE23 3BU · premises record
No objection
2026-03-06
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Trees in Conservation Areas
FRONT:ONE Birch (T1)(ht10cm)CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 3m to 7m from 10m (by 30%). LATERAL REDUCTION by 1.9m from 6.5m to 4.6m Reason: routine maintenance Informative A: The sensitive management of the tree is greatly appreciated for landscape amenity, wildlife, wellbeing, and urban forest canopy for environmental benefits to mitigate the effects of climate change. Informative B: Wherever possible, please create habitat log piles in the garden from cut branches for wildlife and biodiversity.
73 HORNIMAN DRIVE, LONDON, SE23 3BU · premises record
Applicant David Tinline · Agent Foxy Arboriculture Ltd · Officer Ian Smith
No objection
2025-10-02
More
Trees in Conservation Areas
Proposed alteration of the front elevation in connection with conversion of the garage to provide additional living space and all other associated works at 67 Horniman Drive SE23
67 HORNIMAN DRIVE, LONDON, SE23 3BU · premises record
Approved
2024-07-05
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Householder Application
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Conversion of existing garage into a habitable space and the replacing of the garage door with a window and timber cladding surround at 62 Horniman Drive, SE23 including installation of replacement aluminium double-glazed windows and doors to all elevations.
62 HORNIMAN DRIVE, LONDON, SE23 3BU · premises record
Approved
2024-06-14
More
Householder Application
REAR: ONE Hornbeam (T1)(ht:11m, rs:8m): CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 3m from 11m to 8m, REDUCE RADIUS by 2m from 8m to 6m, reshape back to previous pruning points, and lift to crown break, prune back from 2 Cleve Hill by 2m (or less if required); Reason: Routine maintenance. Informative A: The sensitive management of the tree is greatly appreciated for landscape amenity, wildlife, wellbeing, and urban forest canopy for environmental benefits to mitigate the effects of climate change. Informative B: Wherever possible, please create habitat log piles in the garden from cut branches for wildlife and biodiversity.
73 HORNIMAN DRIVE, LONDON, SE23 3BU · premises record
Applicant David Tinline · Agent Foxy Arboriculture Ltd · Officer Ian Smith
No objection
2023-12-04
More
Trees in Conservation Areas
FRONT: ONE Silver Birch (T1)(approx.ht.10m) HEIGHT REDUCE by approx.2.5m to approx.ht.7-8m, LATERAL REDUCE by 1.5m from r.5.5m to r.4m, CROWN THIN by 20%, CROWN LIFT to approx.3m above ground level. Reason: previously reduced, routine maintenance for garden setting, proximity to house and overhead wires, light deprivation. Informative A: the sensitive management to retain the tree for streetscape amenity near the entrance to the Horniman Gardens, for urban forest canopy, wellbeing, wildlife, environmental benefits and to mitigate the climate and biodiversity emergencies is greatly appreciated. Informative B: where possible please create log piles on site including burying logs vertically into the ground 'Giants Causeway style' for stag beetle habitat, and lay arisings between stakes as a 'dead hedge' for wildlife habitat and biodiversity.
73 HORNIMAN DRIVE, LONDON, SE23 3BU · premises record
No objection
2022-09-26
More
Trees in Conservation Areas
REAR (to Cleeve Hill): ONE Oak (T1)(approx.ht.14m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT and SPREAD by approx.2-3m to previous prune / appropriate growth points, to retain some leaf bearing twig structure, remove deadwood. Reason: repeat routine maintenance, previous crown reduction ref DC/16/099055. Informative A: the sensitive management of the oak tree for amenity, urban forest canopy/urban greening, wellbeing, wildlife, environmental benefits and to mitigate the climate and biodiversity emergencies is greatly appreciated. Informative B: where possible create log and wood piles or lay arisings horizontally between poles as 'dead hedges' on site for wildlife habitat and biodiversity.
69 HORNIMAN DRIVE, LONDON, SE23 3BU · premises record
Applicant Mrs Denise Tree · Officer Valerie Harris
No objection
2022-08-08
More
Trees in Conservation Areas
FRONT: ONE dead Pine (T1,ht.8m) FELL. Reason: the tree has died, health & safety, duty to replace applies. Informative: duty to replace applies for dead tree(s) in conservation areas (Para 121 of Tree Preservation Orders and trees in conservation areas guidance) to benefit streetscape amenity, the landscape character of Forest Hill in proximity to the Horniman Gardens and to maintain the Urban Forest tree canopy cover; suggested species include crab apple, Tibetan cherry, hawthorn, paperbark maple, spindle, holly, wild service tree. Informative: retain standing dead timber where safe to do so, and retain lying felled timber and create log piles, for wildlife habitat and biodiversity.
67 HORNIMAN DRIVE, LONDON, SE23 3BU · premises record
Applicant MR PETER ANDERSON · Officer Valerie Harris
No objection
2021-02-16
More
Trees in Conservation Areas
SIDE: ONE Hornbeam (T1)(ht.8-10m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 0.4m, REDUCE RADIUS by 0.7-1.2m to 1.85m on all compass points to previous pruning points, CROWN LIFT to 3m above ground level. Reason: routine maintenance in proximity to adjacent building and limited garden setting.
73 HORNIMAN DRIVE, LONDON, SE23 3BU · premises record
Applicant David Tinline · Agent Foxy Arboriculture · Officer Valerie Harris
No objection
2020-09-09
More
Trees in Conservation Areas
FRONT: ONE Silver Birch tree (T1) CROWN REDUCTION & RESHAPE by 25% - North by 0.9m from 2.9m to 2m, South by 0.7m from 2.7 to 2m, East by 0.7m from 2.7 to 2m, West by 0.7m from 2.7 to 2m
71 HORNIMAN DRIVE, LONDON, SE23 3BU · premises record
Applicant Lucy Beverley · Agent Foxy Arboriculture · Officer Miriam Baptist
No objection
2020-08-21
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Trees in Conservation Areas

Building control

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Place

What affects it?

Every mapped designation touching a premises in this postcode, with how many of its 19 premises each one covers.

Designation
Coverage
Article 4 Direction Area
Small HMO Northern Extension · reference SHMOEXTA4 · covers 19 of 19 premises. Some normally permitted changes may require planning permission.
Article 4 Direction Area
Forest Hill Article 4(3) Direction · reference A4FH2 · covers 8 of 19 premises. Some normally permitted changes may require planning permission.
Conservation Area
Forest Hill · reference LEWCA13 · covers 8 of 19 premises. Demolition, alterations, trees and design are subject to additional heritage controls.
Archaeological Priority Area
Summary and Definition The Archaeological Priority Area covers the Grade II Registered Park and Garden and public park known as Horniman Gardens. The APA has been included at Tier 2 as it will contain archaeological remains ass · reference 216467 · covers 1 of 19 premises. Groundworks may require archaeological assessment or investigation.
Article 4 Direction Area
Small HMO Northern Extension · reference SHMOEXTA4 · covers 19 of 19 premises. Some normally permitted changes may require planning permission.
Article 4 Direction Area
Forest Hill Article 4(3) Direction · reference A4FH2 · covers 8 of 19 premises. Some normally permitted changes may require planning permission.
Conservation Area
Forest Hill · reference LEWCA13 · covers 8 of 19 premises. Demolition, alterations, trees and design are subject to additional heritage controls.
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Archaeological Priority Area
Summary and Definition The Archaeological Priority Area covers the Grade II Registered Park and Garden and public park known as Horniman Gardens. The APA has been included at Tier 2 as it will contain archaeological remains ass · reference 216467 · covers 1 of 19 premises. Groundworks may require archaeological assessment or investigation.

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People

Who is involved?

Named on the latest 30 applications in this postcode — the party who applied, not the owner or occupier.

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Development

What could it become?

Planning precedent33 applications and 38 mapped decisions in this postcode — precedent for what has been permitted and refused here.
Energy11 EPC records; ratings C: 7, D: 1, E: 3.
What is not assertedNo capacity, value or ownership claim is made at area level; those belong to individual premises records and their evidence.

Intent signals

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Ownership, finance and market signals recorded at addresses in this postcode — each with date and source. Signals are evidence of change, not a prediction.

No intent signal is currently recorded in this postcode.

Boundary: OS Postcode Unit areas (Ordnance Survey), 2026-08-14. Planning records: canonical stage2. EPC: EPC register. Premises: OS AddressBase / UPRN.
SE23 3BU, Lewisham: Planning and Property History | Planning Atlas