St Annes Court, 123 Salusbury Road, London, NW6 6RG Data via plota.co.uk

26/1034 - Conservation Area Tree Notification Approved

Proposal

Front area-Salusbury Road boundary: T1-Yew (Taxus baccata) - reduce and trim back by 0.75m to complete rounded form ensuring cut back and lift on pavement side T2 - Cherry (Prunus) - large tree - reduce crown by 1.5m to suitable growth points - thin crown by 15% removing any crossing/suppressed branches to allow more air/light through canopy T3 ensure good separation from front aspect of building. T4 - T5 - 2x Tall Lime (Tilia cordata) - reduce both crowns to previous reduction points 1.3m on both trees T6 - Turkey Oak (Quercus cerris) - on verge by pavement - reduce crown by 2m to suitable growth points - reduce lateral branch length to match - crown lift by 0.5m removing lowest branches to give greater clearance over pavement. In rear communal garden: T7-T8-T9-T10 4x Cherry(Prunus) - crown thin all trees to allowing more light through canopies removing fine branch furnishings up to 0.6m and epicormic growth. On south-facing boundary: T12-Mountain Ash(Rowan-Sorbus aria) - reduce crown by 1.6m to suitable growth points - reduce lateral branches to shape, balance and tidy. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Apr 2026
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Validated
27 Apr 2026
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Approved
2 Jun 2026

Approved on 2 Jun 2026 · Delegated Team Manager · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Site constraints 6

Queens Park conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
2 Article 4 directions
Article 4 for HMOs · Article 4 for Town Centres - Queen's Park. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Air quality management area: Brent AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Registered park or garden about 33 m away: Paddington Cemetery
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Brent built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 4 (good), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, Transport for London (public transport access levels, Powered by TfL Open Data, OGL v3.0, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Brent
Application type
Conservation Area Tree Notification
Postcode
NW6 6RG
Received
24 Apr 2026
Validated
27 Apr 2026
Ward
Queens Park
Case officer
Show
Target decision
5 Jun 2026
Decision
Permission Granted
Decision date
2 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Team Manager
Applicant
Show
Agent
Red Squirrel Tree Surgery

How this decision compares

Decided in 36 days from validation, about the council's usual 35 days. Approved, as 96% of tree and landscaping works here are.

99%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
145decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Brent in the last twelve months, from validation. Brent decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14874661
Planning Portal ref
PP-14874661
Comments by
19 May 2026
Env. assessment
No
Brent
Planning Authority Score
5.7/10
Average
#113 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Brent is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #91 out of 296. Only 28% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (85%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Brent decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
78%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #269 of 296
85%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #247 of 296
73%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #91 of 296
28%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #42 of 296
53%
Minor dwellings approved
73 decided (1-9 homes)
85%
Major dwellings approved
13 decided (10+ homes)
54%
Change of use approved
193 decided
1,963
Total decisions
431 refused in the year to March 2026