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616 Old Kent Road London Southwark SE15 1JB

25/AP/3381Works to a Tree with a TPOApproved

Approved on 7 January 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T1, T2, and T3 3 x London Plane Shorten lateral branches by 2m. Lift browse line to 4m. Remove dead wood. Shorten lowest lateral on west side of T1 by 4m. Excessive shading. Prudent, periodic management of trees in school playground.

Received
19 November 2025
Ward
Old Kent Road
  1. Received19 Nov
  2. Validated20 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Jan
  5. Decided7 Jan

Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 616 Old Kent Road London Southwark SE15 1JB. Southwark has handled 539 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 145 applications across Old Kent Road. 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 1JB
Application type
Works to a Tree with a TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Peckham And Nunhead

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 November 2025
Target decision date
14 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: LiveseyPart of the site
  • Article 4 direction: Old Kent Road South District Town Centre+1 more
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 556Part of the site · +1 more
  • Brownfield land register: 628 Old Kent Road SE15 1JBRegister site at or near this address · +5 more
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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