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Lavender House Rotherhithe Street London Southwark SE16 5EA

26/AP/1301Works to a Tree with a TPOApproved

Approved on 25 June 2026

Council decision: Tree Works/TPO Consent - GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T1. Sycamore Tree. 16 metres in height. 10 metres in width. Re pollard tree by 3 metres, leaving the tree 13 metres in height and 7 metres in width. Tree is overgrown, blocking sunlight and overhanging over footpath. Lateral reduction was previously completed as tree was touching building, so re pollarding tree will create more of a balance. Situated inside the boundary along Rotherhithe Street.

Received
6 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Surrey Docks
Agent
Acacia Tree Surgeons Ltd
  1. Received6 May
  2. Validated7 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 Jul
  5. Decided25 Jun

Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Lavender House Rotherhithe Street London Southwark SE16 5EA. Southwark has handled 539 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 48 applications across Surrey Docks. We hold 651 applications in total for the SE16 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
SE16 5EA
Application type
Works to a Tree with a TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bermondsey And Rotherhithe

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 May 2026
Target decision date
1 July 2026
Permission expires
25 June 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
Acacia Tree Surgeons Ltd
Agent address
Acacia House Tatsfield Approach Road Tatsfield Westerham TN16 2JT GB

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 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.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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