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25/AP/3621 - Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T1 - Mimosa. Reduce all aspects of the crown by approx. 1-1.5m to create a tidy shape. Remove lower branch. T2 - Dead Tree. Remove dead tree. T3 - Bay. Reduce height by approx. 2.5m. Trim all around to contain. T5-T6 - Hornbeam x2. Reduce all aspects of crowns by approx. 1-1.5m to create a tight and tidy shape. Lift lower branches to create 2m clearance. T7 - Bay. Reduce height by 2m and shape. T8 - Cherry. Reduce overlong branch by 2m. T9 - Cherry. Reduce overlong branch. T10 - Ash. Crown lift to provide 2.5m clearance from ground level. Reduce all aspects of the crown by approx. 1-1.5m. T11 - Robinia. Reduce all aspects of the crown back to previous points of reduction, approx. 1-2m. T12 - Cherry. Reduce all aspects of the crown by approx. 4m. Thin by 10%. Remove deadwood and crossing branches. T13 - Hornbeam. Reduce height by approx. 3m and shape. T14 - Silver Birch. Reduce all aspects of the crown by approx. 2m to create a tight and tidy shape. T15 - Mimosa. Reduce all aspects of the crown by approx. 1-2m to create a tight and tidy shape. Remove deadwood. Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
11 Dec 2025
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Approved
19 Jan 2026

Approved on 19 Jan 2026 · Delegated Panel - Trees · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Documents 16

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application - Form (Without Personal data) · 11 Dec 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

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Site constraints 10

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 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 ↗
Yates Estate and Victory 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 ↗
Archaeological priority area
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 ↗
National infrastructure project 600 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is 600 m from the project boundary. Waste water treatment, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: London Strategic Heat Main Project (at pre-application, 66 m).
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Opportunity area
Where the London Plan expects significant growth.
Boundaries are indicative and the borough holds the detailed plan.
Also on the record
Wider setting of protected view 23A.1 Centre of Bridge over the Serpentine to the Palace of Westminster; Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Southwark built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 5 (very good), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI), 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
Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
Postcode
SE1 4YL
Received
11 Dec 2025
Validated
11 Dec 2025
Ward
North Walworth
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth
Case officer
Show
Target decision
21 Jan 2026
Decision
Tree Works/Conservation Area - GRANTED
Decision date
19 Jan 2026
Decision level
Delegated Panel - Trees
Applicant
Show
Agent
Tom Boswell Tree Services Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 39 days from validation, 5 days slower than Southwark's median of 34 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

98%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
565decided 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.

110 neighbours consulted · Last counted 3 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
21 Jan 2026
Env. assessment
No

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Southwark
Planning Authority Score
7/10
Good
#64 of 296 councils
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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%).

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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
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