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Dulwich And Sydenham Hill Woods College Road London Southwark SE21

26/AP/0774Tree works 5 day notificationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 19 March 2026

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

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Five day notification for tree works: 1x Sycamore tree (Tree ID 7583) fell to 50cm above ground level and stump to be treated with systemic herbicide (eco-plug); 1x Sycamore tree (Tree ID 7584) fell to ground level. All arisings to be removed from site. PPE Required.

Received
17 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dulwich Wood
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated18 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Mar
  5. Decided19 Mar

Decided in 1 day (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Dulwich And Sydenham Hill Woods College Road London Southwark SE21. Southwark has handled 539 applications of this type. This one was decided in 2 days, 7 weeks quicker than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in the Dulwich Wood conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 83 applications across Dulwich Wood.

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

Application type
Tree works 5 day notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dulwich

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 March 2026
Target decision date
23 March 2026
Permission expires
19 March 2031

Planning decision

Statutory period
5 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.

  • Conservation area: Dulwich Wood
  • Article 4 direction: Great North Wood
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 443Part of the site
  • Ancient woodlandPart of the site
  • Local nature reserve: Sydenham Hill Wood and Fern BankPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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, national 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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