Planning application
Tate Modern Sumner Street London Southwark SE1 9TG
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Works to trees under TPO: London plane (T1) - Prune over sign to give 2m clearance, pruning secondary branches only and pruning back to suitable growth points. Raising canopy to 8m on south of canopy only. Norway maple (T2) - Prune over sign by removing 3 lowest secondary branches. Raising canopy to 8m on south of canopy only. London plane (T3) - Prune over sign to give 2m clearance, pruning secondary branches only and pruning back to suitable growth points. Raising canopy to 8m on south of canopy only. Norway maple (T4)- Prune over lamp column to give 1m clearance, pruning secondary branches only and pruning back to suitable growth points. Raising canopy to 7m on west of canopy only.
As published by the council, reference 23/AP/2890
Application record
- Reference
- 23/AP/2890
- Type
- Works to a Tree with a TPO
- Status
- Granted
- Decision
- Tree Works/TPO Consent - GRANTED
- Received
- 16 Oct 2023
- Validated
- 16 Oct 2023
- Decided
- 20 Nov 2023
- Ward
- Borough & Bankside
- Parish
- Borough, Bankside And Walworth
- Decision by
- Delegated Panel - Trees
- Postcode
- SE1 9TG
Site history
Applications at this address on the Southwark register
This site has had 3 applications since 2022: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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26/AP/0799 Granted
Tate Modern Sumner Street London Southwark SE1 9TG
T2 London Plane - Reduce long heavily weighted stems/limbs over the footpath on the southern site by approximately 1.5 - 2 metres, to a suitable pruning point. T4 Norway Maple - Fell to ground level, poor specimen declining tree and replacement plant with London Plane - 14 - 16 girth.
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22/AP/2293 Granted
Tate Modern Sumner Street London Southwark SE1 9TG
Installation of a temporary Es Devlin Studio half dome sculpture and associated projection towers on the north landscape outside the Tate Modern, which would be on display from the 15-25th of September 2022, with set up from the 2-14th of September and de-install from the 26-30th of September.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Oct 2023
Received by Southwark
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20 Nov 2023
Decision issued: Tree Works/TPO Consent - GRANTED
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26 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
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Southwark granted permission on 20 November 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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