70 Harfield Gardens Grove Lane London Southwark SE5 8DB
Approved on 19 January 2026
Council decision: Tree Works/Conservation Area - GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Row of Leylandii hedging in rear garden -Hedge trimming front and sides by 0.5m and reducing top by 1m
- Received
- 16 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Southwark
- Ward
- Champion Hill
- ReceivedReceived16 Dec
- ValidatedValidated17 Dec
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date27 Jan
- DecidedDecided19 Jan
Decided in 33 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at 70 Harfield Gardens Grove Lane London Southwark SE5 8DB. Southwark has handled 539 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 2 weeks quicker than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in the Camberwell Grove conservation area, with 5 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 8DB
- Application type
- Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 27 January 2026
- Permission expires
- 19 January 2031
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Branchout
- Agent address
- 39 Rugby Place Brighton BN2 5JB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 41 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Camberwell Grove
- Listed building: Grade II: Numbers 184-196 and Attached Hand Railings, Iron Lampholder and PlaqueOn or next to this site
- Brownfield land register: 1,Stories Mews,Stories Road,SE5 8JJRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, 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 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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