127 Sydenham Hill London Southwark SE26 6LW
Approved on 31 March 2026
Council decision: Tree Works/Conservation Area - GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
T1 Fastigiate Yew - Rear LHB: Crown reduction - To reduce the overall height by up to 1 metre (approximately 30%) and to trim and shape the remaining canopy to create a more compact and balanced form. T2 & T3 Holly - Middle of rear garden: Crown reduction - To reduce the overall height by up to 1.5 (approximately 30%) metres and to trim and shape the remaining canopy to create a more compact and balance form. To include lightly cutting back a small selection of lower branches to allow better access along foot path without potentially being injured and to shape the variegated Elaeagnus to maintain the archway appearance. T4 Pyracantha - Rear LHB: To remove the large scaffolds extending away from the fence line. To then reduce the height of the remaining shrub to approximately 1 metre above fence level in order to re-form shrub into a boundary hedge closer to the fence line. T5 Dead Hawthorn - Leaning over the client's boundary situated on the rear LHB neighbouring side: To carefully section fell to approximately fence height. T6 Dead Ivy cladded Holly - Rear LHB: To carefully section fell as close to ground level as possible leaving all live basal growth to reform new crown. To remove one Ash sapling adjacent to tree. T7 Loquat - Rear RHB: Crown Reduction - To reduce the overall height and radial spread of the canopy by up to 1 metre, maintaining a natural shape and remove major deadwood. To include removing one Ash sapling. T8 Elderberry - In front of Holly trees: Crown Reduction - To reduce the height and radial spread of the canopy by up to 1.5 metres, maintaining a natural shape and remove major deadwood and stub cuts.
- Received
- 23 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Southwark
- Ward
- Dulwich Wood
- ReceivedReceived23 Feb
- ValidatedValidated23 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date5 Apr
- DecidedDecided31 Mar
Decided in 36 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at 127 Sydenham Hill London Southwark SE26 6LW. Southwark has handled 539 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 13 days 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 2,166 applications in total for the SE26 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
- SE26 6LW
- Application type
- Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Dulwich
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 5 April 2026
- Permission expires
- 31 March 2031
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Trees Uk
- Agent address
- Longfield Cottage Nash Lane Keston BR2 6AP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 41 days
Site constraints
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.
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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.
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Source: Southwark
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