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41 Highshore Road London Southwark SE15 5AF

25/AP/2962Works to a Tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 17 November 2025

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T1 Medium Cedar tree in front garden - Section fell to ground level and grind stump, and replant with a fig tree, 8cm DBH Trees in rear garden: T2 Large Purple leaf Norway Maple tree. Tree - Section fell to ground level and grind stump, and replant with Cherry Plum tree 8cm DBH T3 Medium Yew tree next to Acer tree - Reduce canopy by 30% T4 Pineapple Guava next to house - Section fell to ground level and grind stump G1 Laurel hedge at rear of garden - Reduce canopy by 3m T5 Medium Yew tree - Section fell to ground level and grind stump, and replant with Laburnum 8cm DBH T6 Medium Yew tree - Section fell to ground level and grind stump, and replant with multi stem Amelanchier

Received
13 October 2025
Public comments
1
Ward
Rye Lane
Agent
Cut Above Tree Management Ltd
  1. Received13 Oct
  2. Validated13 Oct
  3. Consult.29 Oct
  4. Target23 Nov
  5. Decided17 Nov

Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 41 Highshore Road London Southwark SE15 5AF. 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 Holly Grove conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 113 applications across Rye Lane. 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 5AF
Application type
Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Peckham And Nunhead

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 October 2025
Last date for comments
29 October 2025
Target decision date
23 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Cut Above Tree Management Ltd
Agent address
55 Avondale Rise Peckham London SE15 4AJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Holly Grove
  • Listed building: Grade II: 31-41 Highshore RoadOn or next to this site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 456Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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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© 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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