Planning application
1 Dekker Road London Southwark SE21 7DL
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Tree 5907 (Tree of Heaven) - Tree removal and treat with systemic herbicide
As published by the council, reference 25/AP/2521
Application record
- Reference
- 25/AP/2521
- Type
- Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
- Status
- Under consideration/assessment
- Received
- 2 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 2 Sep 2025
- Ward
- Dulwich Village
- Parish
- Dulwich
- Postcode
- SE21 7DL
Site history
Applications at this address on the Southwark register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025.
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25/AP/2525 Awaiting decision
1 Dekker Road London Southwark SE21 7DL
1053 Plum tree - Crown lift to 3m above ground level over 1 Dekker Road and laterally reduce away from 155 Woodwarde Road
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Sep 2025
Received by Southwark
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10 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 28 October 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Southwark took a median of 52 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Southwark for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Southwark decided tree works applications in a median of 34 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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1 Dekker Road London Southwark SE21 7DL
100% historically approved · decision due ~28 Oct
1053 Plum tree - Crown lift to 3m above ground level over 1 Dekker Road and laterally reduce away from 155 Woodwarde Road
Awaiting decision Trees 4 docs -
55 & 56 Dekker Road London Southwark SE21 7DJ
T1 - Common lime rear of nos. 55 and 56 Dekker Road. Crown lift above rear garden. Reason: To exercise common law right to cut back/lift neighbouring branches as restricted under s.211 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended).
Granted Trees -
158 Woodwarde Road London Southwark SE22 8UR
95% historically approved · decision due ~5 Aug
Works to tree in a conservation area: T1 - Magnolia -Tree ID 7799 Lateral reduction away from property to 1.5m back to closest growth point. Crown lift to 3m above ground level over pavement and crown thin by up to 30% (branches removed as part of thin to be no bigger than 2.5cm diameter).
Decided Trees -
158 Woodwarde Road London Southwark SE22 8UR
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for the erection of a single-storey outbuilding within the rear garden, to be used for purposes incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse, such as a home office, studio or hobby room.
Granted Lawful development 9 docsSmall domestic -
158 Woodwarde Road London Southwark SE22 8UR
Construction of a ground floor rear extension and loft conversion incorporating two rear dormer windows, addition of rooflights, remodelling of the rear garden, and provision of cycle and refuse storage within the front garden.
Granted Householder Extension Loft or dormer +1 24 docsDomestic -
134 Woodwarde Road London Southwark SE22 8UR
Works to a tree subject to a TPO: Oak (T1) - crown reduce - Mature oak tree of approximately 16m in height. Reduce eastern and western lateral spread by 3m from 10m to 7m. Crown lift to 4m above ground level. Reduction to shape canopy, pruning to suitable points and maintaining natural aesthetic.Work undertaken to bring back to form and improve light conditions for both owner and neighboring properties. Tree has been pruned previously so work is part of an ongoing maintenance cycle. The pruning will not go beyond any previous points and sufficient time has elapsed to allow canopy regrowth. The tree will tolerate the pruning as specified above.
Granted Trees 7 docs
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26/AP/1574 Granted
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26/AP/1537 Withdrawn
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26/AP/1481 Granted
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T7885 (Ash): veteranisation. reduce to approx 8m above ground level. Retaining lateral growth up to 3m away from stem.
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26/AP/1527 Granted
12 Hambledon Place London Southwark SE21 7EY
(T4) Pittosporum (no. 12) Cut overhanging branches to boundary line, crown reduce tree by 1m and crown thin by 20% - Routine maintenance. Height from 4.5m to 3.5m Crown spread from 3.0m to 2.0m
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26/AP/1526 Granted
11 Hambledon Place London Southwark SE21 7EY
Works to tree with a TCA: (T5) Box Elder (no. 11) Remove deadwood, crown reduce by 1m and crown thin by 10% - routine maintenance. Height from 3.5m to 2.5m. Crown spread from 2.5m to 1.5m