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518 Old Kent Road London Southwark SE1 5BA

26/AP/0206Works to a Tree with a TPOApproved

Approved on 10 March 2026

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

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Works to tree with a TPO: G1 (Group of 2 Carpinus betulus). Installation of a high voltage cable between the point of connection to the proposed substation. This cable route will be within the permissable area (as pe NJUG Vol 4) of the G1 trees. These trees were identified via LANDSCAPE PLAN 25/AP/1598 drawing 22307 SFW XX XX DR L 1001

Received
23 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Old Kent Road
  1. Received23 Jan
  2. Validated26 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Mar
  5. Decided10 Mar

Decided in 43 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 518 Old Kent Road London Southwark SE1 5BA. Southwark has handled 539 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 3 days quicker than Southwark's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 143 applications across Old Kent Road. We hold 2,756 applications in total for the SE1 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
SE1 5BA
Application type
Works to a Tree with a TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Peckham And Nunhead

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 January 2026
Target decision date
22 March 2026
Permission expires
10 March 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
Sinewave
Agent address
Unit B1 Kembrey Street Swindon Sn2 8uy United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Article 4 direction: Old Kent Road South District Town Centre+1 more
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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