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26/AP/2540 - Works to a Tree with a TPO Under consideration/assessment
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Works to tree with a TPO: (T4) Lime: Crown lift to 4m - routine maintenance. Height 13.0m. Crown spread 4.0m Crown height from 1.5m to 4.0m (T5) Pittosporum Crown reduction by approx 2m (50%) - routine maintenance Height from 4.0m to 2.0m Crown spread from 3.0m to 1.5m (T8) Lime Crown lift to 4m Height 11.0m Crown spread 4.0m Crown height from 1.5m to 4.0m (T13) Cherry Crown thin by 20%, general prune to remove crossing branches and remove deadwood Height 5.0m Crown spread 5.0m (T14) Laburnum Section fell to ground level (severe cavity at base) Height 6.0m Crown spread 3.0m… Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
25 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 19 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 27 Sept 2026, from Southwark's recent tree and landscaping works.

Documents

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Site constraints 8

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Trinity Church Square 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 ↗
Article 4 direction
Central Activities Zone. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Archaeological priority area: North Southwark and Roman Roads
An assessment or field evaluation may be asked for before ground works.
The council or Historic England considers archaeology likely here. A desk-based assessment, and sometimes trial trenching, can be asked for with the application.
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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Central activities zone
The core of central London in the London Plan.
Offices, culture and the other strategic functions of the centre take priority over new housing here.
Also on the record
Inside the Southwark built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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
Works to a Tree with a TPO
Postcode
SE1 4JB
Received
25 Aug 2026
Validated
25 Aug 2026
Ward
Chaucer
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth
Case officer
Show
Target decision
19 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Foxy Arboriculture Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 20 of the 56-day target. Southwark usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 33.

Day 2036 days to the 56-day target
99%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
296decided 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.

48 neighbours consulted · Last counted 9 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
19 Oct 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

2025
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2025
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2023 Approved
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2021 Approved
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T1: False Acacia (minor basal decay): crown lift by 3m (remove LH stem), remove deadwood…
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2021 Approved
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2021 Approved
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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