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20 Village Way London Southwark SE21 7AN

26/AP/0735Works to a Tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 16 April 2026

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

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Works to a tree in a conservation area: T1 Robinia - Remove tree & stump (poor condition). Plant replacement tree. T2 Robinia - Remove tree & stump (poor condition). Plant replacement tree. T3 Leyland Cypress - Remove tree & stump adjacent to side of property. Plant replacement tree. T4 Lime - Remove deadwood (exempt), crown lift to 5m T5 Lime - Remove deadwood (exempt), crown lift to 5m T6 Lime - Remove deadwood (exempt) T7 Lime - Remove tree & stump (basal decay, stem bleeding). Plant replacement tree. T8 Sycamore - Reduce height by approx. 3m and radial spread by approximately1.5m (Squirrel damage). Approximately 15m height and 5.5m radial spread on completion of pruning G12 Leyland Cypress group x 5 - Reduce height by a maximum of 6m to form cohesive group (also removing dead material in upper crown, roadside) Approximately 13m height on completion. H15 Leyland Cypress hedge - Reduce height by approximately 3m (retaining sufficient live growth to maintain tree health). Approximately 10m height on completion T21 Bay - Prune to ensure 1m-2m clearance from building Suggested replacement trees: Koelreuteria paniculata, Tilia tormentosa. Ilex aquifolium. Alnus incana Laevigata

Received
13 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dulwich Village
Agent
HTC Ltd
  1. Received13 Mar
  2. Validated13 Mar
  3. Consult.30 Mar
  4. Target23 Apr
  5. Decided16 Apr

Decided in 34 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 20 Village Way London Southwark SE21 7AN. Southwark has handled 539 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 2 weeks quicker than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in the Dulwich Village conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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 7AN
Application type
Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dulwich

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 March 2026
Last date for comments
30 March 2026
Target decision date
23 April 2026
Permission expires
16 April 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
HTC Ltd
Agent address
23 Elmlee Close -- Chislehurst BR7 5DU United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Dulwich Village
  • Listed building: Grade II: Pond House and Handrails to StepsOn or next to this site
  • Brownfield land register: Land Adjacent To 80 Half Moon Lane,Half Moon Lane,,SE24 9JERegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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 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

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