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Street Record Choumert Square London Southwark SE15 4RE

25/AP/3178Works to a Tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 2 December 2025

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

(T1) False Acacia is to be removed in three stages over several months: initially pollarded from 14.0m to 8.4m with crown spread reduced from 9.0m to 5.4m, then after approximately 3-4 months reduced further to 4.2m with crown spread to 1.0m, and finally cut to a 2.4-3.0m trunk which will be poisoned to prevent regrowth.

Received
31 October 2025
Public comments
1
Ward
Rye Lane
Agent
Foxy Arboriculture Ltd
  1. Received31 Oct
  2. Validated31 Oct
  3. Consult.20 Nov
  4. Target11 Dec
  5. Decided2 Dec

Decided in 32 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Street Record Choumert Square London Southwark SE15 4RE. Southwark has handled 539 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 2 weeks quicker than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in the Holly Grove conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 4RE
Application type
Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Peckham And Nunhead

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 October 2025
Last date for comments
20 November 2025
Target decision date
11 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Foxy Arboriculture Ltd
Agent address
28 Boveney Road London SE23 3NN

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Holly Grove+1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Peckham Major Town CentrePart of the site · +1 more
  • Brownfield land register: 134-136,Rye Lane,,SE15 4RZRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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© 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.

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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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