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Ryecotes Mead London Southwark SE21 7EP

25/AP/3179Works to a Tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 4 December 2025

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Cherry plum - Remove Tree - Fell to 1m above ground level. Whitebeam - Remove Tree - Fell to 1m above ground level. Norway maple - Remove Tree - Fell to 1m above ground level. Tree replacement planting in winter 26/27 as part of TDE planting strategy.

Received
31 October 2025
Ward
Dulwich Village
  1. Received31 Oct
  2. Validated31 Oct
  3. Consult.18 Nov
  4. Target11 Dec
  5. Decided4 Dec

Decided in 34 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Ryecotes Mead London Southwark SE21 7EP. Southwark has handled 539 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 Wood 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 1,063 applications in total for the SE21 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
SE21 7EP
Application type
Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dulwich

Planning application dates

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 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 Wood
  • Brownfield land register: Krishan,Dulwich Common,,SE21 7ESRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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 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.

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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