College Gardens London Southwark SE21 7BE
Approved on 4 December 2025
Council decision: Tree Works/Conservation Area - GRANTED
Proposal
False acacia - Veteranisation: reduce to 5m above ground level, retaining secondary crown. Holm oak - Veteranise: Reduce to approx 5.5m above ground level. Tree replacement planting in winter 26/27 as part of TDE tree planting strategy.
- Received
- 31 October 2025
- Council
- London Borough of Southwark
- ReceivedReceived31 Oct
- ValidatedValidated31 Oct
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided4 Dec
Decided in 34 days
About this application
This is a planning application at College Gardens London Southwark SE21 7BE. Southwark has handled 7,761 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 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,063 applications in total for the SE21 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- SE21 7BE
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 31 October 2025
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20253 Nov
Recommendations following advance decay detection: Silver maple - Pollard. Create pollard structure: reduce…
ApprovedApplication25/AP/3207 - 202522 Aug
Tree removal Tree ID Common Name Description 4166 Cotoneaster Species - Fell to 1m above ground level. - Dead…
ApprovedWorks to a Tree in a Conservation Area25/AP/2440
Source: Southwark
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