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185 Tower Bridge Road London Southwark SE1 2UF

Refused Southwark 26/AP/0198 Works to a Tree with a TPO

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

T1 (poplar) - fell to ground level and remove stump. This tree is to be felled in order to facilitate the archaeological investigation, agreed under discharge of Condition 5 and subsequent implementation of Full Planning Permission 21/AP/1812. The CAVAT value of this tree was agreed with the Council on the 24th of October 2024 as ?56,992 (fifty six thousand, nine hundred and ninety two pounds) with removal costs (account for highway management etc.) being in addition to this sum. This sum will be transferred to the Council prior to the removal of this tree, unless the inverse is subsequently agreed with the Council. The Council have agreed (by the above date) that the transfer of the CAVAT sum will fund the planting and aftercare of new trees within the local area. No replacement tree planting will therefore occur as part of this application; Tree Preservation Order (No. 693) 2023 will therefore need to be revoked, as it will protect no remaining trees.

As published by the council, reference 26/AP/0198

Application record

Reference
26/AP/0198
Type
Works to a Tree with a TPO
Status
Refused
Decision
Tree Works/TPO - REFUSED
Received
23 Jan 2026
Validated
26 Jan 2026
Decided
12 Mar 2026
Ward
London Bridge & West Bermondsey
Parish
Bermondsey And Rotherhithe
Decision by
Delegated Panel - Trees
Postcode
SE1 2UF

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 23 Jan 2026

    Received by Southwark

  2. 26 Jan 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 12 Mar 2026

    Decision issued: Tree Works/TPO - REFUSED

  4. 10 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

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What this refusal means

Southwark refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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