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Top Field Alleyns School Townley Road London Southwark SE22 8SU

25/AP/3085Tree works 5 day notificationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 4 November 2025

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Five Day Notification for tree works: trees with dead/broken branches that surround the perimeter of the top field. T243 - Fraxinus - Large specimen, multiple dead in crown. T353 - Prunus - multiple dead in crown. Tree survey has noted its decline. Due to its placement, get it to a safe condition and look to replace later. T344 - Tilia - Main tree is dead, basal growth only. Removal of all dead material. T377 - Fraxinus - Multiple dead in crown. T359 - Quercus - Multiple dead in crown. T297 - Betula - Whole tree is dead - removal. 12cm diameter at 1.5 DBH. T285 - Thuja - Multiple dead in crown. Next to T283 - Dead tree next to Thuja. Looks to have been dead for some time and may fall. Removal requested. 20cm Diameter at 1.5 DBH. Two Sambucus between 291 and 288. Contain a number of dead that is to be removed. Sycamore seedling is in the hedge on the road between T235 & T234. It is growing at an awkward angle into the railing and going to become problematic as it gets bigger. To be brought down to an appropriate height so that it can be managed within the hedge line on annual basis when cut the hedges.

Received
23 October 2025
Ward
Dulwich Village
  1. Received23 Oct
  2. Validated23 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target28 Oct
  5. Decided4 Nov

Decided in 12 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Top Field Alleyns School Townley Road London Southwark SE22 8SU. Southwark has handled 539 applications of this type. This one was decided in 12 days, 5 weeks quicker than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in the Dulwich Village conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 227 applications across Dulwich Village. 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 8SU
Application type
Tree works 5 day notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dulwich

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 October 2025
Target decision date
28 October 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
5 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: Dulwich VillagePart of the site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 269Part of the site · +2 more
  • 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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© 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.

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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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