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72 Lyndhurst Grove London Southwark SE15 5AH

25/AP/2517Works to a Tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 30 September 2025

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Proposal

Reduction of Oak tree by 35%, pruning back branches by 1.5-1.75m, leaving an even balanced canopy

Received
2 September 2025
Ward
St Giles
  1. Received2 Sep
  2. Validated2 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Oct
  5. Decided30 Sep

Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 72 Lyndhurst Grove London Southwark SE15 5AH. Southwark has handled 539 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 3 weeks quicker than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in the Holly Grove conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 97 applications across St Giles. We hold 1,344 applications in total for the SE15 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
SE15 5AH
Application type
Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 September 2025
Target decision date
13 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Branchout
Agent address
39 Rugby Place Brighton BN2 5JB

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: Holly Grove
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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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