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Imperial War Museum Annex Austral Street London Southwark SE11 4SJ

Awaiting decision Southwark 26/AP/2892

Works: Trees

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

T1-T4 x4 London Plane trees: Crown reduce back to previous reduction points as part of routine cyclical maintenance by removing approximately 4-5m from the upper crown and 2-3m from the lateral spread, resulting in a finished height of approximately 8m and a finished crown spread of approximately 6m.

As published by the council, reference 26/AP/2892

Application record

Reference
26/AP/2892
Status
Under consideration/assessment
Received
1 Oct 2026
Validated
2 Oct 2026
Postcode
SE11 4SJ

Site history

Applications at this address on the Southwark register

This site has had 2 applications since 2020: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • 20/AP/0225 Granted

    Imperial War Museum Annex Austral Street London Southwark SE11 4SJ

    Details of Condition 5 'Tree Protection - Monitoring and Site Supervision' as required by planning permission LBS reg no 18/AP/1577 for the construction of a three-storey building for Class D1 use (to provide offices and staff accommodation ancillary to the Imperial War Museum) within the rear yard to incorporate rooftop plant and photovoltaics, together with the change of use of the existing All Saints Annexe building from Class D1 (ancillary to the museum) use to a mixed Class B1 (office) / Class D1 (ancillary to the museum) use. The development will include hard and soft landscaping improvements, the provision of a cycle and refuse store, the provision of one accessible car parking space at the front of the All Saints Annexe building, the demolition of a portion of the site's boundary wall to Geraldine Mary Hemsworth Park and the incorporation of the replacement wall into the ground floor of the proposed building, the realignment of the access road into the site from the Park, demolition of the portakabins and other associated works.

    Decided 10 Feb 2020 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 1 Oct 2026

    Received by Southwark

  2. 2 Oct 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 2 Oct 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 27 November 2026, 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.

What happens while it is decided

This application is with Southwark for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Southwark's median decision took 52 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About this record

The published feed does not state which type of application this is; the register entry on Southwark's portal will say. Our guide explains the common types.

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