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16 De Crespigny Park London Southwark SE5 8AF

26/AP/0882Works to a Tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 18 May 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Works to tree with a TCA: Tree - 471 - Sorbus aucuparia -Rowan 2a - Priority Works - Within 1-3 months - Deadwood. Tree NBR.1 -Tilia x europaea Common Lime - 2a - Priority Works - Within 1-3 months - Fell to ground level and ecoplug to inhibit regrowth - it is a neighbouring tree. Tree 426 - Robinia pseudoacacia - Robinia - 2a - Priority Works - Within 1-3 months - Deadwood. 1-1.5m canopy reduction. Cut out and remove treegrille. Fill voids with gravel. Tree 427 - Robinia pseudoacacia - Robinia - 2a - Priority Works - Within 1-3 months - Deadwood. Cut out and remove treegrille. Fill voids with gravel. Tree 962 - Tilia x europaea - Common Lime - 2a - Priority Works - Within 1-3 months - 2m canopy reduction. Deadwood. Tree 428 - Tilia cordata - Small leafed Lime - 2a - Priority Works - Within 1-3 months - Repollard to previous points. Tree 472 - Acer platanoides - Norway Maple - 2a - Priority Works - Within 1-3 months - Deadwood. Cut back off street lamp to provide 2m clearance. Tree 413 - Acer pseudoplatanus - Sycamore - 2a - Priority Works - Within 1-3 months - 2-3m canopy reduction. Deadwood. Tree 415 - Fraxinus excelsior - Ash - 2a - Priority Works - Within 1-3 months - Deadwood. Tree 430 - Tilia x europaea - Common Lime - 3d - Cyclic mgmt - 4 yearly - within 3 months - 3m canopy reduction. Clear crossed branches. Tree 1514 - Sorbus aucuparia - Rowan - 5a - General Estate Management - Within 6 months - Fell to ground level and ecoplug to inhibit regrowth. Tree 411 - Juglans regia - Walnut - 6 - not required to reduce risk - 2m canopy reduction. Tree 429 - Liriodendron tulipifera - Tulip Tree - 5a - General Estate Management - Within 6 months - Cut back off building to provide 2m clearance. Cut out and remove tree grille. Back void with gravel. Raise lower canopy to 4m over seating area. Tree 401 - Acer pseudoplatanus - Sycamore - 5a - General Estate Management - Within 6 months - Cut back off street lamp to provide 2m clearance.

Received
25 March 2026
Ward
St Giles
Agent
The Green Team Arboricultural Division Limited
  1. Received25 Mar
  2. Validated26 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 May
  5. Decided18 May

Decided in 53 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 16 De Crespigny Park London Southwark SE5 8AF. Southwark has handled 539 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 5 days longer than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in the Camberwell Grove conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 97 applications across St Giles. We hold 1,312 applications in total for the SE5 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
SE5 8AF
Application type
Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 March 2026
Target decision date
6 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Green Team Arboricultural Division Limited
Agent address
Unit 1-3 Wyvern Estate Beverley Way New Malden KT3 4PH

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Camberwell Grove
  • Article 4 direction: Site allocation NSP36: Denmark Hill Campus EastPart of the site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 280.1Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, 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. 2025
    16 May

    Retention of the installation of 3 no. condensers.

    ApprovedFull planning permission25/AP/0456

Source: Southwark

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