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20 Chadwick Road London Southwark SE15 4RA

26/AP/0012Works to a Tree in a Conservation AreaWithdrawn

Withdrawn on 11 February 2026

Council decision: Application WithdrawnDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T1 Ailanthus altissima (Tree of Heaven) A 40-foot (c.12.2m) tall, twin-stemmed tree to be fully removed by crane-assisted or rigged sectional dismantling. Following removal, the client proposes the planting of a suitably sized native replacement tree in order to maintain tree cover and preserve the character of the conservation area.

Received
6 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Rye Lane
  1. Received6 Jan
  2. Validated7 Jan
  3. Consult.5 Feb
  4. Target17 Feb
  5. Decided11 Feb

Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 20 Chadwick Road London Southwark SE15 4RA. Southwark has handled 539 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 36 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Holly Grove conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 113 applications across Rye Lane. We hold 1,344 applications in total for the SE15 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
SE15 4RA
Application type
Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Peckham And Nunhead

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 January 2026
Last date for comments
5 February 2026
Target decision date
17 February 2026
Decision issued
16 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Tree Surgeons in South London
Agent address
104 Gosterwood Street London NW3 1BL United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Holly Grove
  • 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.

Source: Southwark

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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