Planning application
Dulwich College Preparatory School Nursery 8 Gallery Road London Southwark SE21 7AB
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
T1: Oak tree that overhangs the school roof and entrance way. Cut back laterally by 2 meters to clear the entrance and stop falling debris. The tree is about 10 meters wide.
As published by the council, reference 23/AP/2267
Application record
- Reference
- 23/AP/2267
- Type
- Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
- Status
- Granted
- Decision
- Granted As published: Tree Works/Conservation Area - GRANTED
- Received
- 11 Aug 2023
- Validated
- 11 Aug 2023
- Decided
- 20 Sep 2023
- Ward
- Dulwich Village
- Parish
- Dulwich
- Decision by
- Delegated Panel - Trees
- Postcode
- SE21 7AB
Site history
Applications at this address on the Southwark register
This site has had 5 applications since 2020: 4 approved, 0 refused.
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26/AP/2029 Granted
Dulwich College Preparatory School Nursery 8 Gallery Road London Southwark SE21 7AB
T1 Oak - Crown lifting to 4m AGL all round of an Oak tree (approximately 16m in height) situated within the sports field
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25/AP/3167 Awaiting decision
Dulwich College Preparatory School Nursery 8 Gallery Road London Southwark SE21 7AB
Works to trees with a TPO: Common Ash Tree. Approximately 15 metres in height. Reduce by 6 metres, leaving the tree 9 metres above ground level. (just below cavity and Inonotus bracket, branches and limbs to by 2 metres away from stem, back to closest growth points) Large units bracket at approximately 9.5 metres above ground level on north western aspect. 6 metres of growth above. Cavity at approximately 1.5 metres above ground level on the northern aspect. Multiple cavities throughout the crown, including just below the inonotus fungal bracket. Parakeet boreholes are also present in the upper canopy above the inonotus bracket. Tree is situated on the playing field.
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22/AP/1471 Granted
Dulwich College Preparatory School Nursery 8 Gallery Road London Southwark SE21 7AB
Fell 1 x dead Sycamore overhanging school car park replace Plant 1 x Oak within the earth bed during the next planting season
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20/AP/2062 Granted
Dulwich College Preparatory School Nursery 8 Gallery Road London Southwark SE21 7AB
Details of Condition 3 - detailed drawings of a hard and soft landscaping scheme showing the treatment of all parts of the site not covered by buildings required by planning permission dated 02/08/2019 [LBS Ref 19/AP/1556] for 'Creation of a new vehicular access and revised car parking layout'.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Aug 2023
Received by Southwark
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20 Sep 2023
Decision issued: Tree Works/Conservation Area - GRANTED
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26 Aug 2026
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Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Acacia Tree Surgeons Ltd Agent, a tree-works contractor registered in Westerham
Active · incorporated 2011 · Westerham
127 applications on PlanIndex · across 16 councils · 98% granted
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Southwark granted permission on 20 September 2023, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About tree works applications
Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.
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