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Potters Fields Park Potters Fields London Southwark

24/AP/3602Works to a Tree with a TPOApproved

Approved on 3 January 2025

Council decision: Tree Works/TPO Consent - GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

London plane (T5) - Crown-lift tree to 3m above ground level. Remove epicormic growth from the main stem London plane (T6) - Crown-lift tree to 3m above ground level. Prune back west side of the canopy to suitable growth points to give 3m clearance from the building London plane (T7) - Crown-lift tree to 3m above ground level. Prune back west side of the canopy to suitable growth points to give 3m clearance from the building Silver lime (T13) - Crown-lift tree to 4m Silver lime (T14) - Crown-lift tree to 3m Silver lime (T15) - Crown-lift tree to 3m London plane (T16) - Crown-lift tree to 3m Wild cherry (T17) - Crown-lift tree to 2.5m Wild cherry (T18) - Crown-lift tree to 2.5m Holm oak (T19) - Crown-lift tree to 2.0m, removing secondary branches or smaller London plane (T23) - Crown-lift tree to 2.5m London plane (T24) - Crown-lift tree to 2.5m Birch (T52) - Crown-lift tree to 2.5m Wild cherry (T61) - Crown-lift tree to 2.5m Wild cherry (T62) - Crown-lift tree to 2.5m Wild cherry (T63) - Crown-lift tree to 3m Ash (T25) - Re-pollard to previous pruning points to eliminate the risk of re-growth failure

Received
9 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
London Bridge & West Bermondsey
Agent
Foxhills Tree Services
  1. Received9 Dec
  2. Validated9 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Feb
  5. Decided3 Jan

Decided in 25 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Potters Fields Park Potters Fields London Southwark. Southwark has handled 539 applications of this type. This one was decided in 25 days, 3 weeks quicker than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 163 applications across London Bridge & West Bermondsey.

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

Application type
Works to a Tree with a TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bermondsey And Rotherhithe

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 December 2024
Target decision date
2 February 2025
Permission expires
3 January 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent
Foxhills Tree Services
Agent address
Jalna, The Green Ninfield TN33 9JG

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Tower BridgePart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Three BollardsOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Central Activities Zone+1 more
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 542Part of the site · +2 more
  • Brownfield land register: Land Off Potters Fields,Potters Fields Park,,SE1 2SGRegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, 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.

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Source: Southwark

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