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26/AP/2351 - Works to a Tree with a TPO Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Works to tree with a TPO: T1 - 980 Horse chestnut: Crown Reduction reduce canopy by 3.5m back to closest growth point. T2 - 976 Horse chestnut: Crown Reduction Reduce crown by 2-3m, reduce overall height by 3m. Prune back to suitable sublateral growth and retain all inner canopy foliage. T3 - 985 Pedunculate oak: Crown Weight Reduction (Specific Part) Sensetive 1-2m end weight reduction of the southern stem. All pruning back to suitable sublateral growth and all inner canopy foliage to be retained. T4 - 985 Pedunculate oak Crown Weight Reduction (Specific Part) Reduce large Easter lateral by 5m into suitable upright growth point. Remove major deadwood. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
5 Aug 2026
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Approved
22 Sept 2026

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

Documents 3

Statements & assessments 1

PDF TREE SURVEY Tree survey or Arboricultural implications · 5 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application - Form (Without Personal data) · 5 Aug 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF VALID APPLICATION LETTER WITH INVOICE Valid Application Letter · 11 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 9

Dulwich Village 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 ↗
Protected tree 8 m away: https://services.southwark.gov.uk/environment/trees/tree-preservation-orders-and-conservation-areas, order 333
Named in a tree preservation order: work to it, its roots included, needs the council's consent first.
Root protection areas reach up to 15 m from a large tree, so an extension or new foundations this close usually needs a tree survey. Only some councils publish their single trees, and a position can be approximate: the order at the council is the definitive record, and no tree shown is not proof there is none.
Tree 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.
Registered park or garden 83 m away: Dulwich Park
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
1 listed building within 150 m; Inside the Southwark built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 2 (poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Metropolitan Open Land 81 m away.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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Important details

Council
Southwark
Application type
Works to a Tree with a TPO
Postcode
SE21 7DZ
Received
5 Aug 2026
Validated
5 Aug 2026
Ward
Dulwich Village
Parish
Dulwich
Case officer
Show
Target decision
29 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 48 days from validation, 14 days slower than Southwark's median of 34 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

99%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
584decided 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

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
29 Sept 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

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Construction of a single storey outbuilding in the rear garden.
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2023 Approved
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The construction of a single-storey rear extension, to line-up with the existing rear ret…
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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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