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45 Melbourne Grove London Southwark SE22 8RG

25/AP/3660Works to a Tree with a TPOApproved

Approved on 6 February 2026

Council decision: Tree Works/TPO Consent - GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Works to a tree with a TPO: T1 - XL Oak tree at rear of garden. Reduce canopy growing laterally towards house by up to 3m to suitable pruning points, remove lower branch back to trunk lifting the canopy by 2m, also remove crossing branch growing over to neighbours garden back to trunk. Photos to identify branches attached to application.

Received
15 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Goose Green
Agent
Cut Above Tree Management Ltd
  1. Received15 Dec
  2. Validated15 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Feb
  5. Decided6 Feb

Decided in 53 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 45 Melbourne Grove London Southwark SE22 8RG. Southwark has handled 539 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 4 days longer than Southwark's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 123 applications across Goose Green. 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 8RG
Application type
Works to a Tree with a TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dulwich

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 December 2025
Target decision date
8 February 2026
Permission expires
6 February 2031

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 91Part of the site · +2 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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