Knox House Denmark Hill London Southwark SE5 8DU Data via plota.co.uk

26/AP/1886 - Tree works 5 day notification Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

5 Day Notice for 1 x Chestnut front garden pollard to crown break. Reason - evidence of decay fungi on stem and at base. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
30 Jun 2026
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Validated
1 Jul 2026
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Approved
6 Jul 2026

Approved on 6 Jul 2026 · Delegated Panel - Trees · Last checked 11 Jul 2026

Documents 2

Other documents 2

PDF VALID APPLICATION LETTER WITH INVOICE Valid Application Letter · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF KNOX HOUSE FOLLOW UP AND NEW LETTER (POSTED 18 MARCH 2025) !Key Document · 30 Jun 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 6

Tree preservation order: Area bounded by Denmark Hill, Sunray Avenue, Red Post Hill and Casino Avenue.
Consent is needed before work on protected trees.
Not every council has published its orders as open data, so no order shown is not proof there is none.
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
Registered park or garden about 250 m away: Ruskin Park; Inside the Southwark built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 3 (moderate), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Conservation area about 97 m away: Sunray Estate.
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
SE5 8DU
Received
30 Jun 2026
Validated
1 Jul 2026
Ward
Dulwich Village
Parish
Dulwich
Case officer
Show
Target decision
6 Jul 2026
Decision
Tree Works/TPO Consent - GRANTED
Decision date
6 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Panel - Trees
Applicant
Show
Agent
Knox House Freeholders Ltd
Freehold owner
Show

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.

98%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
401decided 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
6 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
171 Denmark Hill London Southwark SE5 8DX
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24/AP/3521
2022 Approved
206 Denmark Hill London Lambeth SE5 8DX
Erection of a single storey outbuilding/garden room to the rear of property (Retrospectiv…
22/03978/FUL
2022 Approved
2 Royal George Mews London Southwark SE5 8FD
T1: Yew Crown thin by 20% including the removal of dead wood, lifting low branches over t…
22/AP/3248
2022 Approved
220 Denmark Hill London Lambeth SE5 8DX
Conversion of the existing double garage into a single storey annexe for ancillary use to…
22/02449/FUL
2021 Approved
171 Denmark Hill London Southwark SE5 8DX
T1: Evergreen Oak tree - Crown thin by 20% and remove deadwood. Reduce a 11m tree in heig…
21/AP/3119
2021 Approved
206 Denmark Hill London SE5 8DX
Replacement of existing front garage door with windows to the front elevation to facilita…
21/02575/FUL
2021 Approved
2 Sunray Avenue London Southwark SE24 9PY
1x Holm Oak in rear garden - Lift canopy to 3m, thin and reduce a little(5m max) to maint…
21/AP/2335
2021 Approved
2B Sunray Avenue London Southwark SE24 9PY
1x Lime (TPO Number: 160) - Thin tree by 30%, remove dead wood and epicornic growth
21/AP/0875
2020 Approved
206 Denmark Hill London SE5 8DX
Demolition of existing rear additions and erection of replacement extension along with th…
20/03876/FUL
2020 Approved
1 Royal George Mews London Southwark SE5 8FD
T1 Yew - reduce low extended laterals by up to 1.5m to clear rear building guttering and…
20/AP/1674
2020 Approved
179 Denmark Hill London Southwark SE5 8DX
T1 Ash - reduce lateral branches by up to 2m to clear corner of building and reduce in he…
20/AP/1678
2020 Approved
6 Sunray Avenue London Southwark SE24 9PY
Oak tree at back of rear garden. Dead branches to be removed, one large one looks likely…
20/AP/0411
2018 Approved
6 Sunray Avenue London SE24 9PY
Conifer tree front garden to be felled and root removed
18/AP/3422
2018 Approved
218 Denmark Hill London SE5 8DX
Application for a Certificate of Lawful Development (Proposed) for the construction of a…
18/03385/LDCP
2018 Approved
218 Denmark Hill London SE5 8DX
Application for a Certificate of Lawful Development (Proposed) with regards to erection o…
18/03285/LDCP
2017 Approved
171 Denmark Hill London SE5 8DX
T4 - holm oak tree - between 15 and 16 min height - thin crown, including removal of dead…
17/AP/4281
2017 Approved
212 Denmark Hill London SE5 8DX
Erection of a ground floor single storey rear extension and associated alterations.
17/03777/FUL
2017 Approved
179 Denmark Hill London SE5 8DX
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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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