St James The Great Church Elm Grove London Southwark SE15 5DD
Proposal
Works to tree with a TCA: T1 and T2 - Horse chestnut: Reduce both crowns by 20% but focus on shape, shared crown, left side of T1 and right side of T2 to be pruned in up to 2m, crown lift to 4m, reduce heights by 3m. T3 - Hawthon: Reduce back from 2m clearance from the building corner. T4 - Sycamore: Reduce whole tree by 30% focus on overlong branches, removig up to 4m to reduce and reshape whole upper crown. T5 - Fallen Leaning Elder: Remove to low stump as resting dangerously on the wall. T6 - Tall Cherry: Reduce crown by 30% T7 - Horse Chestnut: Reduce overhang into car park, pruning back up to 3m.
- Received
- 11 August 2026
- Decided
- 14 September 2026
- Council
- London Borough of Southwark
- ReceivedSubmitted11 Aug
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided14 Sep
Decided in 34 days
This is a planning application at St James The Great Church Elm Grove London Southwark SE15 5DD. Southwark has handled 7,476 applications of this type and approves 94% of them, typically deciding them in 50 days. This one was decided in 34 days, 2 weeks quicker than Southwark's median. The site is in the Holly Grove conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,295 applications in total for the SE15 postcode area.
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Planning constraints
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- Conservation area: Holly Grove
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref 518Protected tree on or next to this site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, 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.
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