6 Townley Road London Southwark SE22 8SW Data via plota.co.uk

26/AP/1300 - Tree works 5 day notification Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

5 Day Notification. Works to dangerous trees and branches. T1 Willow. Remove part fallen branch and re-pollard to previous reduction points to address windsail effect on poorly attached regrowth with a high potential failure rate. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
6 May 2026
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Approved
8 May 2026

Approved on 8 May 2026 · Delegated Panel - Trees · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Documents 2

Plans & drawings 1

IMG Sketch plan Sketch plan · 6 May 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF VALID APPLICATION LETTER WITH INVOICE Valid Application Letter · 8 May 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

Dulwich Village conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Air quality management area: Southwark AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Southwark built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 3 (moderate), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Metropolitan Open Land about 32 m away.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, Transport for London (public transport access levels, Powered by TfL Open Data, OGL v3.0, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Southwark
Application type
Tree works 5 day notification
Postcode
SE22 8SW
Received
6 May 2026
Validated
6 May 2026
Ward
Dulwich Village
Parish
Dulwich
Case officer
Show
Target decision
11 May 2026
Decision
Tree Works/Conservation Area - GRANTED
Decision date
8 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated Panel - Trees
Applicant
Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 2 days from validation, 32 days faster than Southwark's median of 34 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

99%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
585decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Southwark in the last twelve months, from validation. Southwark decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
11 May 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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1 x Bay rear garden. Crown reduction to previous points.
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Construction of rear L-shaped dormer with 3no. roof lights on front slope and rear 2nd fl…
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Southwark
Planning Authority Score
7/10
Good
#64 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Southwark is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #54 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
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Southwark decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #93 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #92 of 296
78%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #54 of 296
37%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #122 of 296
92%
Minor dwellings approved
259 decided (1-9 homes)
86%
Major dwellings approved
14 decided (10+ homes)
82%
Change of use approved
38 decided
1,622
Total decisions
132 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings