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Flat C 7 - 9 Cotham Street London Southwark SE17 1LX

24/AP/2595Works to a Tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 9 October 2024

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

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

One Elder Tree (T1) Fell. Tree too big for a very small back yard. Removal will also reduce lack of light and benefit growth of surrounding trees and shrubs. Plant more suitable Acer tree in its place.

Received
4 September 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
North Walworth
  1. Received4 Sep
  2. Validated5 Sep
  3. Consult.23 Sep
  4. Target16 Oct
  5. Decided9 Oct

Decided in 34 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Flat C 7 - 9 Cotham Street London Southwark SE17 1LX. 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 Larcom Street conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across North Walworth. We hold 400 applications in total for the SE17 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
SE17 1LX
Application type
Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 September 2024
Last date for comments
23 September 2024
Target decision date
16 October 2024
Permission expires
9 October 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Broccoli Tree Care
Agent address
Flat 9 Ley House London SE1 1QG United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Larcom Street
  • Article 4 direction: Central Activities Zone+1 more
  • Brownfield land register: 5,Morecambe Street,,SE17 1DXRegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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: Southwark

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