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Central Garden, Albert Square London SW8 1BS

26/00392/TCAApproval for works to trees in CAWithdrawn

Withdrawn on 26 February 2026

Council decision: Application WithdrawnDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Lime tree - Remove trunk growth to clear 5m T2 London Plane tree - Lift low branches over road to clear 5m and over pavement by 3m T3 Lime tree - Remove trunk growth up to 4m T4 False Acacia - Crown Lift to provide 5 metres clearance from ground level road side only T5 Horse Chestnut - Crown Lift to provide 5 metres clearance from ground level road side only T6 Lime tree - Crown Lift to provide 4 metres clearance from ground level. Cut down basal growth and remove trunk growth T7 Lime tree - Remove trunk growth and lify ovet road to clear 5m Council Note: Trees are protected by Tree Preservation Order No. 50 of 1974 Area A1 Albert Square Central Garden. Section 211 does not apply. The Conservation Area notification has been withdrawn. A formal Tree Preservation Order application must be submitted for any proposed works.

Received
6 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Oval
Agent
A.N. Rowland Ltd
  1. Received6 Feb
  2. Validated6 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target20 Mar
  5. Decided26 Feb

Decided in 20 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Central Garden, Albert Square London SW8 1BS. Lambeth has handled 435 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 20 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across Oval. We hold 1,525 applications in total for the SW8 postcode area.

94% of trees applications at London Borough of Lambeth were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SW8 1BS
Application type
Approval for works to trees in CA
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 February 2026
Target decision date
20 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
A.N. Rowland Ltd
Agent address
Layhams Farm, Layhams Road Kent BR2 6AR

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
9
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Albert Square
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 50Covers the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Lambeth

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