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9 Dovercourt Road London Southwark SE22 8SS

25/AP/3473Works to a Tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 15 December 2025

Council decision: Tree Works/Conservation Area - GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T1 Cornelian Cherry - Reduction in crown back to previous pruning points all over (up to 0.5m reduction) and remaining outer 1m to be thinned by evenly removing stems to effectively thin by 20% T2 Plum - Shaping of widespread crown and reduction of the crowns height on the Eastern and Western sides by up to 2m

Received
28 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dulwich Village
Agent
A.N. Rowland Ltd
  1. Received28 Nov
  2. Validated28 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Jan
  5. Decided15 Dec

Decided in 17 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 9 Dovercourt Road London Southwark SE22 8SS. Southwark has handled 539 applications of this type. This one was decided in 17 days, 5 weeks quicker than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in the Dulwich Village conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 227 applications across Dulwich Village. We hold 929 applications in total for the SE22 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
SE22 8SS
Application type
Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dulwich

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 November 2025
Target decision date
8 January 2026
Permission expires
15 December 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent
A.N. Rowland Ltd
Agent address
Layhams Farm Layhams Road Keston Kent BR2 6AR

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 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.

  • 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

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    29 Dec

    5 Day Notification. T1:Plum. Fell. Dangerous tree

    ApprovedTree works 5 day notification25/AP/3813

Source: Southwark

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