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Langford Green London Southwark SE5 8BX

25/AP/3257Works to a Tree with a TPOApproved

Approved on 15 December 2025

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T1 - Extra large Sycamore opposite 34-39 in neighbours garden, to lift lower canopy to 6m T2 - Cotoneaster lift canopy to 5m G1 - 3 Silver birch trees, crown thin canopy by 20% and remove epicormic growth T3 - Norway maple over roadside, remove branch going towards street lamp T4 - Remove low lateral limb of oak tree over grass area back to trunk T5 - Extra large lime tree opposite 23, lift lower canopy over road to 6m

Received
7 November 2025
Ward
Champion Hill
Agent
Cut Above Tree Management Ltd
  1. Received7 Nov
  2. Validated7 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 Jan
  5. Decided15 Dec

Decided in 38 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Langford Green London Southwark SE5 8BX. Southwark has handled 539 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 11 days quicker than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across Champion Hill. We hold 1,312 applications in total for the SE5 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
SE5 8BX
Application type
Works to a Tree with a TPO
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 November 2025
Target decision date
1 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Cut Above Tree Management Ltd
Agent address
55 Avondale Rise Peckham London SE15 4AJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Champion CottageOn this site · +1 more
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 685Part of the site · +7 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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