166 Portland Street London Southwark SE17 2NS
Approved on 12 February 2026
Council decision: Tree Works/Conservation Area - GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
T44 Portugal Laurel - Crown lift to 2.4m for pedestrian clearance
- Received
- 12 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Southwark
- Ward
- Faraday
- ReceivedReceived12 Jan
- ValidatedValidated13 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date23 Feb
- DecidedDecided12 Feb
Decided in 30 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at 166 Portland Street London Southwark SE17 2NS. Southwark has handled 539 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 3 weeks quicker than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in the Liverpool Grove conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Faraday. We hold 400 applications in total for the SE17 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
- SE17 2NS
- Application type
- Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Borough, Bankside And Walworth
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 23 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 12 February 2031
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- John O'Conner GM
- Agent address
- 2 Great North Road Welwyn AL6 0PL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 41 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: Liverpool Grove
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.
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© 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.
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Source: Southwark
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