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164 Burbage Road London Southwark SE21 7AG

26/AP/0548Works to a Tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 1 April 2026

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

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T1 -Strawberry Tree - Tree ID 4983 - growing in the front garden, closest to the house To reduce in height by up to 1m, back to the closest growth point To reduce away from the bay window by 30cm, back to the closest growth point. To reduce the eastern aspect of canopy by up to 50cm, back to the closest growth point To reduce the western aspect by up to 1m back to the closest growth point. To shape between the above points. T2 -StrawberryTree - Tree ID 4984 - growing in the middle of the three trees To crown reduce in height by up to 1m, back to the closest growth point To reduce both eastern and southern aspect of the crown by up to 50cm, back to the closest growth point To reduce the western aspect by up to 1m To reshape between the above points. Additionally, to lift the canopy to give a 2m ground clearance, ie remove the 3 x lower branches over the foot path

Received
24 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dulwich Village
  1. Received24 Feb
  2. Validated25 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Apr
  5. Decided1 Apr

Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 164 Burbage Road London Southwark SE21 7AG. 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 Village conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 227 applications across Dulwich Village. We hold 1,063 applications in total for the SE21 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
SE21 7AG
Application type
Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dulwich

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 February 2026
Target decision date
7 April 2026
Permission expires
1 April 2031

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Dulwich Village
  • 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

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