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59 Grove Park London Southwark SE5 8LF

25/AP/3028Approved

Approved on 17 November 2025

Council decision: Tree Works/Conservation Area - GRANTED

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Works to a tree in a conservation area: (T2) Elderberry Crown reduction by approx 30% and reshape - routine maintenance. Height from 4.0m to 2.8m Crown spread from 3.0m to 2.1m (T4) Leyland Cypress Section fell dead tree to ground level. Height 10.0m Crown spread 6.0m (T5) Leyland Cypress Section fell dead tree to ground level. Height 9.0m Crown spread 5.0m (T6) Leyland Cypress Section fell 80% dead tree to ground level. Height 9.0m Crown spread 5.0m (T7) Leyland Cypress Section fell 80% dead tree to ground level. Height 7.0m Crown spread 3.0m

Received
17 October 2025
  1. Received17 Oct
  2. Validated17 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Nov

Decided in 31 days

About this application

This is a planning application at 59 Grove Park London Southwark SE5 8LF. Southwark has handled 7,761 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 3 weeks quicker than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in the Camberwell Grove conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 1,312 applications in total for the SE5 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
SE5 8LF

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 October 2025

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Camberwell Grove
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 342Protected tree on or next to this 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

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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