St Giles Club Benhill Road London Southwark SE5 7LL Data via plota.co.uk

26/AP/1887 - Tree works 5 day notification Approved
Schools, care & communityTrees & landscaping

Proposal

TPO -74 1 x Plane Site of St Giles Youth Club, Benhill Road Crown lift to 4m to suitable growth points above road and entrance Crown lift to provide a 2m clearance above and to the side of properties Remove deadwood Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
30 Jun 2026
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Validated
8 Jul 2026
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Approved
13 Jul 2026

Approved on 13 Jul 2026 · Delegated Panel - Trees · Last checked 20 Jul 2026

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Other documents 1

PDF VALID APPLICATION LETTER WITH INVOICE Valid Application Letter · 9 Jul 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 6

Grade II listed: Porch From Former Church of St Giles (Re Erected)
List entry 1376555 · 16 m from the pin · 3 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade II*, 2 Grade II)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Tree preservation order: Site of St Giles Youth Club, Benhill Road
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
Conservation area 63 m away: Camberwell Green; Inside the Southwark built-up area; Town centre 55 m away: Camberwell.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 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
SE5 7LL
Received
30 Jun 2026
Validated
8 Jul 2026
Ward
St Giles
Case officer
Show
Target decision
13 Jul 2026
Decision
Tree Works/TPO Consent - GRANTED
Decision date
13 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Panel - Trees
Agent
Environment, Sustainability & Leisure

How this decision compares

Decided in 5 days from validation, 39 days faster than Southwark's median of 44 for community buildings. Approved, as 100% of community buildings here are.

69%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
37decided in the last year

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Consultation & key dates

Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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