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Church Of St Thomas More 380 Lordship Lane London Southwark SE22 8ND

26/AP/1325Works to a Tree in a Conservation AreaWithdrawn

Withdrawn on 16 June 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Works to tree with a TCA: T1- Beech (leans toward garage - clear garage by 1m). T2- Cypress (Fair). T3 - Lime (Previously pollarded at 5m, now lapsed - Reduce back to previous pollard points as pollarding is now lapsed). T4 - Elm (Previously pollarded at 2m - reduce by 1m to reliev pressure on pollard attachment). T5 - Lime (Bifurcation at 2m, NE scafflod extended over adjacent propoerty previously pollarded at 5m - Pollard to previous points to reduce pressure on decay point). T6 - Cypress ( Fair). T7 - Lime (Fair). T8 - Cypress (One sided, shaded out by adjacent trees). T9 - Lime (lateral branches have been reduced, 3m regrowth). T10 - Lime (Pollarded at 4m now becoming lapsed - Re-pollard at 4m due to decay and reduce adjacent tree T2 by 2m to compensate for loss of companion shelter).

Received
7 May 2026
Ward
Dulwich Village
  1. Received7 May
  2. Validated8 May
  3. Consult.22 May
  4. Target18 Jun
  5. Decided16 Jun

Decided in 39 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Church Of St Thomas More 380 Lordship Lane London Southwark SE22 8ND. Southwark has handled 539 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 39 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Dulwich Village conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 227 applications across Dulwich Village. We hold 929 applications in total for the SE22 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
SE22 8ND
Application type
Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dulwich

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 May 2026
Last date for comments
22 May 2026
Target decision date
18 June 2026

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: Dulwich Village
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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

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