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5 Sherwood Court Highwood Close London Southwark SE22 8NL

25/AP/1982Works to a Tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 15 August 2025

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Amended Specification agreed by email. Works to tree in a Conservation Area: T1: Norway Maple. Section fell and grind out stump. Replace with 12-14cm girth Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) in next planting season Nov 25 to March 2026

Received
11 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Dulwich Wood
  1. Received11 Jul
  2. Validated11 Jul
  3. Consult.4 Aug
  4. Target21 Aug
  5. Decided15 Aug

Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 5 Sherwood Court Highwood Close London Southwark SE22 8NL. 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 Wood conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 83 applications across Dulwich Wood. We hold 929 applications in total for the SE22 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
SE22 8NL
Application type
Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dulwich

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 July 2025
Last date for comments
4 August 2025
Target decision date
21 August 2025
Permission expires
15 August 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent
Trinity Property Estates Property Management
Agent address
Vantage Point 23 Mark Road Hemel Hempstead Herts HP2 7DN United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Dulwich Wood
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 605Next to 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

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© 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.

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Source: Southwark

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