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The Old College 18 Gallery Road London Southwark SE21 7AE

24/AP/1683Works to a Tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 12 July 2024

Council decision: Tree Works/Conservation Area - GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Tree worksTreePlotter ID 2041 TreePlotter ID 2047 TreePlotter ID 2067 A dead and dying Cherry within a dense shrubbery adjacent to College Road. Works: Fell to ground. Plant 1 x Cercis siliquastrum. Reason: To abate hazard. A Yew within a dense shrubbery adjacent to College Road in declining condition. Works: Sever and remove ivy from base. Reason: To abate hazard. A Hawthorn overhanging the College Road and obstructing the footway. Works: Crown lift to 2.2m. Reason: To abate hazard. TreePlotter ID 2075, 2076 A pair of Bullbay Magnolia either side of the central footway towards the chapel. Works: Crown lift to 2m, removing lower limbs where necessary. Reshape to same size crown extent, retaining height and form. Reason: To abate nuisance. TreePlotter ID 2078 A dead and dying Amelanchier within a dense shrubbery adjacent to Gallery Road. Works: Fell to ground. Plant 1 x Cercis siliquastrum. Reason: To abate hazard. TreePlotter ID 2106 & 2107 A pair of Honey Locust located to the Dulwich Estate office entrance and in close proximity to the front elevation. Works: Crown lift to 3m. Lateral crown reduction to provide a 2m clearance from the front elevation, retaining height and form. Reason: To abate nuisance. TreePlotter ID 2124 A Goat Willow overhanging Gallery Road obstructing the footway. Works: Crown lift to 3m. Reason: To abate nuisance.

Received
7 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dulwich Village
  1. Received7 Jun
  2. Validated7 Jun
  3. Consult.2 Jul
  4. Target18 Jul
  5. Decided12 Jul

Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Old College 18 Gallery Road London Southwark SE21 7AE. Southwark has handled 539 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 2 weeks quicker than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in the Dulwich Village conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 227 applications across Dulwich Village. We hold 1,063 applications in total for the SE21 postcode area.

99% of trees applications at London Borough of Southwark were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SE21 7AE
Application type
Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dulwich

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 June 2024
Last date for comments
2 July 2024
Target decision date
18 July 2024
Permission expires
12 July 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Dulwich Village
  • Listed building: Dulwich Old CollegeOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Dulwich Village Local Town Centre
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, 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.

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Source: Southwark

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