Planning application
Alleyns School Townley Road London Southwark SE22 8SU
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Tree works 5 day notification: 16 meter Horse Chestnut with Oxyporus fungi around base and on trunk. Poor crown health and two cavities where previous limbs removed. Fungi causes fatal tree rot and too close to kids sports court to risk it. Replace with 1 x 14-16cm Tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipfera) in next planting season November 2023 to March 2024.
As published by the council, reference 23/AP/2393
Application record
- Reference
- 23/AP/2393
- Type
- Tree works 5 day notification
- Status
- Granted
- Decision
- Tree Works/TPO Consent - GRANTED
- Received
- 23 Aug 2023
- Validated
- 23 Aug 2023
- Decided
- 5 Sep 2023
- Ward
- Goose Green
- Parish
- Dulwich
- Decision by
- Delegated Panel - Trees
- Postcode
- SE22 8SU
Site history
Applications at this address on the Southwark register
This site has had 31 applications since 2021: 22 approved, 0 refused.
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26/AP/2625 Awaiting decision
Alleyns School Townley Road London Southwark SE22 8SU
Works to a tree with a TPO: 1. Sorbus aucuparia T164 - Condemed by tree officer. Slow death, bacterial canker, vigarous shooting from the base. Remove tree and replace with Sciadopitys verticillata. 2. Aesculus hippocastanum T161 - Veteranisation over two years. First cuts to 8m reduction. Mower damage and Ganoderma present. 3m radial mulch and rope off to reduce risk of failing and prolong life of tree. 3. Aesculus hippocastanum T157 - Condemed by tree officer. Reduce height to 3m monolith for biodiversity, replant with with Celtis australis. 4. Aesculus hippocastanum T156 - Condemed by tree officer. Reduce height to 4m monolith for biodiversity, replant with Liquidambar styraciflua. 5. Aesculus hippocastanum T154 - Lift to 5m above storage bays to reduce potential for damage. Tree officer stated that A. hippocastanum is becoming less and less suitable for our climate, with considerations to site and use. All efforts made to rope off mature trees and mulch root plate to prolong their life.
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26/AP/1172 Granted
Alleyns School Townley Road London Southwark SE22 8SU
Details of Condition 5 'Arboricultural Method Statement' required by planning permission ref no.25/AP/1690 'Replacement netball and tennis courts including associated retaining wall and fencing, extended pathway and landscaping on the school's Top Field'.
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26/AP/1173 Granted
Alleyns School Townley Road London Southwark SE22 8SU
Details of Condition 3a (Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan) required by planning permission 25/AP/1690 (Replacement netball and tennis courts including associated retaining wall and fencing, extended pathway and landscaping on the school's Top Field.)
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26/AP/1198 Granted
Alleyns School Townley Road London Southwark SE22 8SU
Details of the Biodiversity Net Gain Condition as required by planning permission 25/AP/1690 (Replacement netball and tennis courts including associated retaining wall and fencing, extended pathway and landscaping on the school's Top Field.)
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26/AP/1171 Awaiting decision
Alleyns School Townley Road London Southwark SE22 8SU
Details of condition 4 (Construction Management Plan) as required by planning permission 25/AP/1690 dated 02/12/2025 (Replacement netball and tennis courts including associated retaining wall and fencing, extended pathway and landscaping on the school's Top Field'.)
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26/AP/0946 Granted
Alleyns School Townley Road London Southwark SE22 8SU
Temporary erection of a kitchen until 31 October 2028
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26/AP/0911 Awaiting decision
Alleyns School Townley Road London Southwark SE22 8SU
Replacement floodlights to the existing multi-use games area at Alleyns School and alteration to hours of use of the floodlighting
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26/AP/0529 Granted
Alleyns School Townley Road London Southwark SE22 8SU
Installation of a substation
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26/AP/0527 Granted
Alleyns School Townley Road London Southwark SE22 8SU
Replacement side extension to New Gym with associated landscaping
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26/AP/0528 Awaiting decision
Alleyns School Townley Road London Southwark SE22 8SU
Temporary erection of a dining marquee until 31 October 2028
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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23 Aug 2023
Received by Southwark
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5 Sep 2023
Decision issued: Tree Works/TPO Consent - 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
Agent on file, a tree-works contractor registered in Westerham
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Southwark granted permission on 5 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.
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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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Alleyns School Townley Road London Southwark SE22 8SU
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100% historically approved · decision due ~18 Dec
Five Day Notification for tree works: trees with dead/broken branches that surround the perimeter of the top field. T243 - Fraxinus - Large specimen, multiple dead in crown. T353 - Prunus - multiple dead in crown. Tree survey has noted its decline. Due to its placement, get it to a safe condition and look to replace later. T344 - Tilia - Main tree is dead, basal growth only. Removal of all dead material. T377 - Fraxinus - Multiple dead in crown. T359 - Quercus - Multiple dead in crown. T297 - Betula - Whole tree is dead - removal. 12cm diameter at 1.5 DBH. T285 - Thuja - Multiple dead in crown. Next to T283 - Dead tree next to Thuja. Looks to have been dead for some time and may fall. Removal requested. 20cm Diameter at 1.5 DBH. Two Sambucus between 291 and 288. Contain a number of dead that is to be removed. Sycamore seedling is in the hedge on the road between T235 & T234. It is growing at an awkward angle into the railing and going to become problematic as it gets bigger. To be brought down to an appropriate height so that it can be managed within the hedge line on annual basis when cut the hedges.
Awaiting decision Trees 4 docs -
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Tree No.337 and 338 (2x Fraxinus Excelsior) - Fell to ground level. Conditional replacement 1 x 14-16cm Tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera). The trees occupy the same canopy footprint.
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Tree No.311 (1x Fraxinus Excelsior) and Tree No.312-315 (4x Quercus Robur) - Lift canopy to 2.5m over the long jump track.
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Tree No.353 (Prunus sp.) - Fell to ground level. Conditional replacement. 12-14cm Prunus Avium Plena
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