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Highwood Close London Southwark SE22 8NL

26/AP/0226Tree works 5 day notificationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 27 January 2026

Council decision: Tree Works/Conservation Area - GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Five Day Notification for tree works: Carry out tree pruning works to the trees overhanging the public highway. Works to include: - Crown lifting to a minimum clearance of 5.0 metres above highway level, to provide safe clearance for vehicular traffic and highway users. - Lateral crown reduction of up to approximately 1.5 metres over the carriageway and footway, cutting back to suitable secondary growth points to achieve appropriate clearance and reduce encroachment. All pruning to be undertaken sympathetically, retaining the trees natural form and structural integrity. No topping or excessive crown removal will be carried out.

Received
26 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dulwich Wood
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated26 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target31 Jan
  5. Decided27 Jan

Decided in 1 day (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Highwood Close London Southwark SE22 8NL. Southwark has handled 539 applications of this type. This one was decided in 1 day, 7 weeks quicker than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in the Dulwich Wood conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 83 applications across Dulwich Wood. 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 8NL
Application type
Tree works 5 day notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dulwich

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 January 2026
Target decision date
31 January 2026
Permission expires
27 January 2031

Planning decision

Statutory period
5 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.

  • Conservation area: Dulwich Wood
  • 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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