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157 Merrow Street London Southwark SE17 2NY

26/AP/0715Works to a Tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 25 March 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Works to a tree in a conservation area: T1 Fig - Reduce to previously established points to maintain size suitable for location. Current height 10m, removing approx. 2.5m of extension growth, finished height 7.5m.

Received
11 March 2026
Ward
Faraday
  1. Received11 Mar
  2. Validated12 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Apr
  5. Decided25 Mar

Decided in 13 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 157 Merrow Street London Southwark SE17 2NY. Southwark has handled 539 applications of this type. This one was decided in 14 days, 5 weeks quicker than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in the Liverpool Grove conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Faraday. 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 2NY
Application type
Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 March 2026
Target decision date
22 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
John O'Conner GM
Agent address
2 Great North Road, Welwyn Hertfordshire AL6 0PL

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Comments
0
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: Liverpool Grove
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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