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168 Burbage Road London Southwark SE21 7AG

25/AP/2899Works to a Tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 10 November 2025

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

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Works to a tree in a conservation area: Silver Birch tree approximately 11m in height, situated in the front garden on the boundary with the pavement. The tree is in decline with dead wood and decay. Remove.

Received
7 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dulwich Village
  1. Received7 Oct
  2. Validated7 Oct
  3. Consult.23 Oct
  4. Target17 Nov
  5. Decided10 Nov

Decided in 34 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 168 Burbage Road London Southwark SE21 7AG. Southwark has handled 539 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 2 weeks quicker than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in the Dulwich Village conservation area, with 1 listed building 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 7AG
Application type
Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dulwich

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 October 2025
Last date for comments
23 October 2025
Target decision date
17 November 2025
Permission expires
10 November 2030

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 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.

  • Conservation area: Dulwich Village
  • 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

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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