Dulwich Wood Nursery School And Children Centre Lyall Avenue London Southwark SE21 8QS Data via plota.co.uk

26/AP/2479 - Tree works 5 day notification Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Tree works 5 day notification: Removing major deadwood from trees within the playground area Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
19 Aug 2026
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Approved
24 Aug 2026

Approved on 24 Aug 2026 · Delegated Panel - Trees · Last checked 25 Aug 2026

Documents 3

Statements & assessments 1

PDF Tree survey or Arboricultural implications Tree survey or Arboricultural implications · 19 Aug 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF Sketch plan Sketch plan · 19 Aug 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF VALID APPLICATION LETTER WITH INVOICE Valid Application Letter · 20 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

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 ↗
Local nature reserve 156 m away: Sydenham Hill Wood and Fern Bank
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Conservation area 57 m away: Dulwich Wood; 3 listed buildings within 150 m; Inside the Southwark built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 3 (moderate), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Priority habitat 32 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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Important details

Council
Southwark
Application type
Tree works 5 day notification
Postcode
SE21 8QS
Received
19 Aug 2026
Validated
19 Aug 2026
Ward
Dulwich Wood
Parish
Dulwich
Case officer
Show
Target decision
24 Aug 2026
Decision
Tree Works/TPO Consent - GRANTED
Decision date
24 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Panel - Trees
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 5 days from validation, 29 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 →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 25 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
24 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

27 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2023 Approved
Five Day Notification for tree works: T0457 Austrian Pine - to section fell as the tree h…
23/AP/2936
2023 Approved
Works to a tree with a TPO: T1 -Poplar tree (on site Tag no. 455)- to re-pollard back to…
23/AP/2066
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025
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25/AP/2913
2025 Approved
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2024 Approved
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Security fencing installed on top of existing brick wall, including the installation of a…
24/AP/2938
2024 Approved
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Five Day Notification for tree works: To section fell a semi mature tree with compromised…
24/AP/1256
2023 Approved
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Works to a tree with a TPO: T1(Goat Willow) removed and roots grubbed out. Replace with S…
23/AP/3548
2023 Approved
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Works to trees subject to a TPO: Group of Leylandii Conifers approx 15m tall to be carefu…
23/AP/0933
2023 Approved
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23/AP/0306
2023 Approved
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23/AP/0107
2023 Approved
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2022 Approved
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2020 Approved
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Yew Tree - growing at the bottom of the back garden. To fell to as low as possible above…
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2019 Approved
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Installation of external wall insulation and redecoration of the external with brick slip…
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19/AP/6635
2019 Approved
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5 No. Willow trees - Crown reduce by removing 5m of regrowth back to previous pollard poi…
19/AP/6144
2019 Approved
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Installation of external wall insulation and window replacement.
19/AP/3599
2017 Approved
110 College Road London SE21 7HW
Small Goat Willow (T1) approximately 6 metres tall - rear garden, to fell due to its unsu…
17/AP/4794
2017 Approved
51 Seeley Drive London SE21 8QR
Demolition of existing outbuildings and rear extension. Erection of first floor side exte…
17/AP/3410
2016 Approved
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16/AP/4629
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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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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

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