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Grove Tavern 520 Lordship Lane London Southwark SE22 8LF

26/AP/1481Works to a Tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 20 July 2026

1 condition

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T7885 (Ash): veteranisation. reduce to approx 8m above ground level. Retaining lateral growth up to 3m away from stem.

Received
22 May 2026
Ward
Dulwich Wood
  1. Received22 May
  2. Validated26 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 Jul
  5. Decided20 Jul

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Grove Tavern 520 Lordship Lane London Southwark SE22 8LF. Southwark has handled 539 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 10 days longer than Southwark's typical decision time. The site is in the Dulwich Wood conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 83 applications across Dulwich Wood. We hold 929 applications in total for the SE22 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
SE22 8LF
Application type
Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dulwich

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 May 2026
Target decision date
6 July 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Dulwich WoodPart of the site
  • Article 4 direction: Site allocation NSP38:l The Grove Tavern, 520 Lordship LanePart of the site · +1 more
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 13Part of the site · +2 more
  • Brownfield land register: The Grove Tavern, 520 Lordship LaneRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

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 and heritage coasts.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    26 May

    Amended Description. 16.06.2026. T7889 - Sycamore - Fell to ground level and the stump ground out). Removal…

    ApprovedApplicationFiled alongside26/AP/1482
  2. 2026
    22 May

    T7885 (Ash): veteranisation. reduce to approx 8m above ground level. Retaining lateral growth up to 3m away…

    This applicationApprovedTrees26/AP/1481

Source: Southwark

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