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4 Woodyard Lane London Southwark SE21 7BH

25/AP/3360Works to a Tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 19 December 2025

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

G1 x3 Silver Birch - Removal of x3 low lateral branches growing over neighbouring garden, at 2 meters and 3 meters, taking back to main stem, 15% crown reduction (1.5 meters), taking back to suitable growth points and removal of large low lateral at the rear (1.5 meters), growing over neighbouring roof taking back to main stem G2 x2 Silver Birch - Thinning of canopy by 15%, using drop crotch technique to reduce the canopy to the same height as G1 T1 Silver Birch - Fell dead tree to ground level

Received
18 November 2025
Ward
Dulwich Village
  1. Received18 Nov
  2. Validated19 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Dec
  5. Decided19 Dec

Decided in 30 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 4 Woodyard Lane London Southwark SE21 7BH. Southwark has handled 539 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 3 weeks quicker than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in the Dulwich Village conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. 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 7BH
Application type
Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dulwich

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 November 2025
Target decision date
30 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 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.

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.

© 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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