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Tate Modern Sumner Street London Southwark SE1 9TG

26/AP/0799Works to a Tree with a TPOApproved

Approved on 28 April 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T2 London Plane - Reduce long heavily weighted stems/limbs over the footpath on the southern site by approximately 1.5 - 2 metres, to a suitable pruning point. T4 Norway Maple - Fell to ground level, poor specimen declining tree and replacement plant with the same species or London Plane - 14 - 16 girth.

Received
19 March 2026
Ward
Borough & Bankside
Agent
ArbAware Tree Care Ltd
  1. Received19 Mar
  2. Validated20 Mar
  3. Consult.15 Apr
  4. Target14 May
  5. Decided28 Apr

Decided in 39 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Tate Modern Sumner Street London Southwark SE1 9TG. Southwark has handled 539 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 9 days quicker than Southwark's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 185 applications across Borough & Bankside. We hold 2,756 applications in total for the SE1 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
SE1 9TG
Application type
Works to a Tree with a TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Borough, Bankside And Walworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 March 2026
Last date for comments
15 April 2026
Target decision date
14 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
ArbAware Tree Care Ltd
Agent address
Woodview Hollywater Road Bordon Hampshire GU35 0AD

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 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)Part of the site
  • Article 4 direction: Bankside and Borough District Town Centre+1 more
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 375Part of the site · +2 more
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    18 Mar

    Installation of glazing to perimeter of Level 10 terrace

    ApprovedMinor application26/AP/0779

Source: Southwark

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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