131 Sydenham Hill London Southwark SE26 6LW Data via plota.co.uk

26/AP/2692 - Tree works 5 day notification Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Five day notification for tree works: Remove a snapped limb and deadwood exceeding 25mm in diameter from one mature oak tree (T1) approximately 20m in height to the rear of 131 Sydenham Hill SE26 following limb failure within the crown. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Sept 2026
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Validated
11 Sept 2026
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Approved
11 Sept 2026

Approved on 11 Sept 2026 · Delegated Panel - Trees · Last checked 12 Sept 2026

Documents 3

Plans & drawings 1

PDF SKETCH PLAN Sketch plan · 10 Sept 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF VALID APPLICATION LETTER WITH INVOICE Valid Application Letter · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF PHOTO OF TREE Photographs and photomontages · 10 Sept 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 4

Dulwich Wood 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 ↗
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.
Also on the record
Inside the Southwark built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 12 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
Tree works 5 day notification
Postcode
SE26 6LW
Received
10 Sept 2026
Validated
11 Sept 2026
Ward
Dulwich Wood
Parish
Dulwich
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Sept 2026
Decision
Tree Works/Conservation Area - GRANTED
Decision date
11 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Panel - Trees
Applicant
Show
Agent
Amber Tree Care

How this decision compares

Decided in 0 days from validation, 33 days faster than Southwark's median of 33 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.

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.

Last counted 12 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
16 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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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%).

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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings