Grange Lane Allotments West Grange Lane London Southwark SE21 7LH Data via plota.co.uk

26/AP/2305 - Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

Crown reduction to 1 x Pedunculate Oak (T2243) by reducing the crown by 3m back to the closest growth point, and crown reduction to 1 x Sessile Oak (T4500) by reducing the upper canopy by 2m using drop-crotch pruning to suitable sub-lateral growth, including targeted pruning of the lowest north-eastern primary limb. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

3 Aug 2026

✓

Validated

4 Aug 2026

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Approved

11 Sept 2026

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

Documents 5

Site constraints 7

Metropolitan Open Land

Green belt level protection inside London.

The London Plan gives Metropolitan Open Land the same protection as green belt: inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

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 ↗

Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. A site survey can differ.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

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 ↗

Local nature reserve 115 m away: Sydenham Hill Wood and Fern Bank

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

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

Public transport access: PTAL 1a (very poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.

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: Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
Postcode: SE21 7LH
Received: 3 Aug 2026
Validated: 4 Aug 2026
Ward: Dulwich Wood
Parish: Dulwich
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 14 Sept 2026
Decision: Tree Works/Conservation Area - GRANTED
Decision date: 11 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated Panel - Trees
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 38 days from validation, 4 days slower than Southwark's median of 34 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one38d

Council34d

UK36d

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 →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

5 neighbours consulted · Last counted 12 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 14 Sept 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

10 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2023 Approved

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23/AP/2618 19 Sep 2023

2022 Approved

Five day notice application for works to various trees at the above address as follows: G…

22/AP/3031 12 Sep 2022

2021 Approved

-Goat Willow tree approximately 9m in height and a young Oak tree approximately 7.5m in h…

21/AP/1572 11 Jun 2021

Within ~100m

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Southwark

Planning Authority Score

7/10

Good

#64 of 296 councils

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Other 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