Planning application
26/AP/1301
Lavender House Rotherhithe Street London Southwark SE16 5EA
Proposal
T1. Sycamore Tree. 16 metres in height. 10 metres in width. Re pollard tree by 3 metres, leaving the tree 13 metres in height and 7 metres in width. Tree is overgrown, blocking sunlight and overhanging over footpath. Lateral reduction was previously completed as tree was touching building, so re pollarding tree will create more of a balance. Situated inside the boundary along Rotherhithe Street.
As published by the council, reference 26/AP/1301
Timeline
Dates from the published record
-
6 May 2026
Received by Southwark
-
7 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
-
25 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Tree Works/TPO Consent - GRANTED
-
25 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
What a grant of permission means
The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About trees applications
How this application type works
Tree applications cover work to protected trees: those under a tree preservation order need consent for pruning or felling, and trees in a conservation area need six weeks written notice before work starts. The council assesses the amenity value of the tree and can refuse consent, approve it with conditions, or in conservation areas make a preservation order in response.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
-
26/AP/1321 Granted
Westminster Court Rotherhithe Street London Southwark SE16 5QY
Replacement of 7no. windows to front elevation
-
22/AP/1322 Granted
20 Sovereign Crescent London Southwark SE16 5XH
Change window to door at upper ground rear together with the creation of a raised platform and staircase to provdie direct access to the garden.
-
20/AP/1818 Granted
177 Rotherhithe Street London Southwark SE16 5QY
Removal of garage door and insertion of a window.
-
22/AP/3808 Granted
2 Elizabeth Square London Southwark SE16 5XN
Installation of a flue vent on the western façade at first floor
-
22/AP/3769 Granted
21 Timber Pond Road London Southwark SE16 6AG
Proposed formation of a rear dormer extension with juliet balcony and the addition of one roof light to the front roof slope
-
22/AP/3888 Decided
Rotherhithe Youth Hostel 20 Salter Road London Southwark SE16 5PR
Non material amendment to planning permission ref. 22/AP/1374 dated : 09/09/2022 for 'Minor external alterations, including installation of external kitchen extract duct and internal alterations including the conversion of redundant communal rooms for the provision of 11 additional private rooms with 26 additional bed spaces'. The amendment seeks the following: to remove existing faux columns on rotunda and replace with a flat rendered facade.
Other trees applications
In Southwark
-
26/AP/2282 Awaiting decision
92A Underhill Road London Southwark SE22 0QU
5-day notice under the dead and dangerous tree exemption
-
26/AP/2291 Awaiting decision
98 College Road London Southwark SE21 7ND
Tree works 5 day notification: Removal of declining Horse Chestnut tree
-
26/AP/2267 Awaiting decision
50 Dulwich Village London Southwark SE21 7AJ
Removal of 1 Category U tree (T4 Indian bean tree), 15 Category C trees (T1 magnolia, T2 Lawson cypress, T5 lilac, T6 Lawson cypress, T7 pencil cedar, T8 common holly, T9 Lawson cypress, T10 Lawson cypress, T11 pencil cedar, T12 myrobalan plum, T13 myrobalan plum, T14 Lawson cypress, T15 maidenhair tree, T20 western red cedar and T25 Himalayan birch) and H2 coniferous hedgerow, with replacement planting comprising 8 Italian/pencil cypress (Cupressus sempervirens), 2 domestic apple trees to create a mini orchard and approximately 25-30 linear metres of English yew hedge (1.0-1.2m instant hedge).
-
26/AP/1834 Granted
58 Townley Road London Southwark SE22 8SX
Works to tree with a TCA: T2862 - Copper Beech Works: Crown lift to 1.5m above garage roof and crown lift to 3m above ground level over roadway, remove dead branch towards neighbouring property on East Dulwich Grove. sever and strip ivy from ground level to 1,5m above ground level.
-
26/AP/2245 Awaiting decision
Elm Lawn Dulwich Common London Southwark SE21 7EW
T3. Ash Tree. 18 metres in height. 4 metres in width. Fell to ground level using a 21 metre MEWP. Tree is in very poor health. Situated in the rear garden. Mewp is required as the tree is too dangerous to climb.