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50A Larcom Street London Southwark SE17 1NQ

26/AP/0601Works to a Tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 8 April 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T1 - Cherry tree. Location: Rear garden of 50a Larcom Street. Proposed works: Fell and removal of tree. The tree takes up a large portion of the rear garden and blocks a lot of sunlight when in leaf.

Received
2 March 2026
Public comments
3
Ward
North Walworth
  1. Received2 Mar
  2. Validated2 Mar
  3. Consult.16 Mar
  4. Target12 Apr
  5. Decided8 Apr

Decided in 37 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 50A Larcom Street London Southwark SE17 1NQ. Southwark has handled 539 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 12 days quicker than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in the Larcom Street conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across North Walworth. We hold 400 applications in total for the SE17 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
SE17 1NQ
Application type
Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 March 2026
Last date for comments
16 March 2026
Target decision date
12 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
111 Cedar Road Croydon Croydon CR06UJ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Documents
5

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)
  • Conservation area: Larcom Street
  • Article 4 direction: Central Activities Zone+1 more
  • Brownfield land register: 46b Brandon Street SE17 1NLRegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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 and heritage coasts.

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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