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45 Abbotswood Road London Southwark SE22 8DJ

26/AP/0575Works to a Tree with a TPOApproved

Approved on 25 March 2026

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

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Works to tree with a TPO: T1- 1 x Large London Plane to crown lift over the garden to approximately 8 meters and to reduce crown by approximately 30% removing branches by approximately 3 meters. T2- 1 x Lime to crown lift to approximately 8 meters and to crown reduce the remainder by approximately 20% removing branches up to 3 meters in length. T3 1 x Holm Oak belonging to the neighbour at number 47, to reduce the overhanging branches in the garden of no. 45 by approximately 2 meters. Works intended as general maintenance. which was not performed for years resulting branches extensive overhang over garden and nearing the property.

Received
27 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Champion Hill
  1. Received27 Feb
  2. Validated27 Feb
  3. Consult.23 Mar
  4. Target23 Apr
  5. Decided25 Mar

Decided in 26 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 45 Abbotswood Road London Southwark SE22 8DJ. Southwark has handled 539 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 3 weeks quicker than Southwark's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across Champion Hill. 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 8DJ
Application type
Works to a Tree with a TPO
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 February 2026
Last date for comments
23 March 2026
Target decision date
23 April 2026
Permission expires
25 March 2031

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 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.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 216Covers the site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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