19 Wood Vale London Southwark SE23 3DS Data via plota.co.uk

26/AP/2756 - Tree works 5 day notification Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Five day notification for tree works: Remove deadwood. Magnolia front garden. Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
16 Sept 2026
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Validated
17 Sept 2026
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Approved
22 Sept 2026

Approved on 22 Sept 2026 · Delegated Panel - Trees · Last checked 23 Sept 2026

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Site constraints 8

Tree preservation order: 19 Wood Vale
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 ↗
Registered park or garden 66 m away: Horniman Gardens
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Conservation area 27 m away: Forest Hill; Local nature reserve 404 m away: Sydenham Hill Wood and Fern Bank; Inside the Southwark built-up area; Metropolitan Open Land 47 m away; Priority habitat 50 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

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Important details

Council
Southwark
Application type
Tree works 5 day notification
Postcode
SE23 3DS
Received
16 Sept 2026
Validated
17 Sept 2026
Ward
Dulwich Wood
Parish
Dulwich
Case officer
Show
Target decision
22 Sept 2026
Decision
Tree Works/TPO Consent - GRANTED
Decision date
22 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Panel - Trees
Applicant
Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 5 days from validation, 28 days faster than Southwark's median of 33 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 97% of tree and landscaping works here are.

98%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
363decided 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 23 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
22 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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2021
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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

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