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25/06025/TCA - Applic. for works to trees in CA Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

4 x common limes (on the boundary with the cricket ground stand): Reduce lateral growth encroaching onto the stand to suitable branch junctions, to provide up to 1 m clearance. Remove major dead wood. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
21 Aug 2025
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Approved
29 Sept 2025

Approved on 29 Sept 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 1 Nov 2026

Documents 7

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF TCA NO OBJECTIONS Decision Notice · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF PROPOSAL Ventilation/Extraction statement · 21 Aug 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

IMG LORDS SITE PLAN Drawing · 21 Aug 2025 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 21 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF FEECALCULATION Background Papers · 21 Aug 2025 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF RECEIPT OF APPLICATION Other · 21 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF ATTACHMENTSUMMARY Background Papers · 21 Aug 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 10

Grade II listed: 10, WELLINGTON PLACE NW8 (See details for further address information)
List entry 1066333 · The pin is inside its outline · 22 more listed buildings within 150 m (22 Grade II)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
St John's Wood 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 ↗
Article 4 direction
Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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: Westminster 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 ↗
Local nature reserve 97 m away: St John's Wood Church Grounds
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Protected tree 9 m away: STM18_T43, order STM18
Named in a tree preservation order: work to it, its roots included, needs the council's consent first.
Root protection areas reach up to 15 m from a large tree, so an extension or new foundations this close usually needs a tree survey. Only some councils publish their single trees, and a position can be approximate: the order at the council is the definitive record, and no tree shown is not proof there is none.
Tree record ↗
Also on the record
Heritage at risk 44 m away: 19, Cavendish Avenue; Inside the City of Westminster built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 4 (good), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; National infrastructure project 1907 m away: London Strategic Heat Main Project, at pre-application.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 1 November 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, 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.

Building

Floor area366 m² (3,940 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (60 out of 100), could reach B
PropertySemi-detached house, 8 habitable rooms
Built1930 to 1949
HeatingBoiler and underfloor heating, mains gas
WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in September 2022, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Westminster
Application type
Applic. for works to trees in CA
Postcode
NW8 9JE
Received
21 Aug 2025
Validated
21 Aug 2025
Ward
Abbey Road
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Oct 2025
Decision
No objections
Decision date
29 Sept 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Oakhouse Arboricultural Services Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 39 days from validation, about the council's usual 36 days. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.

77%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
797decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 1 Nov 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

35 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2019 Approved
1 x lime (rear): crown reduce to previous, most recent reduction points, retaining shorte…
19/06211/TCA
2018 Approved
Installation of three skylights in roof of rear extension. (Linked to 18/08760/LBC)
18/08769/FULL
2018 Approved
Installation of three skylights in roof of rear extension and internal ground floor alter…
18/08760/LBC
2018 Approved
Details of omission of flank dormer windows, omission of air condition units, and details…
18/08357/ADLBC
2018 Approved
Details of omission of flank dormer windows, omission of air condition units, and details…
18/08370/ADFULL
2017 Approved
First floor mansard roof extension to existing detached summer house within rear garden o…
17/11381/LBC
2018 Approved
First floor mansard roof extension to existing detached summer house within rear garden t…
18/00613/FULL
2018 Withdrawn
False acacia (T31) - fell to facilitate construction of summerhouse extension.
18/04639/TCA
2017
T3 - Hawthorn - we would like permission for a minor reshape and a 10% thinLimes - we wou…
17/09266/TCA
2017 Approved
6 x lime trees (adjacent to Grandstand at Lords Cricket Ground): Remove deadwood and prun…
17/07857/TCA
Within ~100m

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1 x London plane (rear): Fell
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T4 1 x Cotoneaster Fell
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2024
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24/08531/TCA
2024
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8 - common lime - Crown clean in sector overhanging garden of 11 Cavendish Avenue.
24/08697/TCA
2024 Approved
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4 x Lime: Raise crowns over driveway and front boundary wall to approx. 5m.
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2024
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24/03160/TCA
2024 Approved
15 Cavendish Avenue London NW8 9JD
Tree of Heaven T56 - fell.
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2024 Approved
19 Cavendish Avenue London NW8 9JD
1 x Holm oak (T2): Crown lift low hanging pendulous branches by up to 1m. Crown reduce ov…
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2023 Approved
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2023 Approved
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Erection of first floor rear extension; new glazed entrance porch; changes to front garde…
23/06148/FULL
2023 Approved
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Erection of a single storey rear extension at ground floor level, installation of new win…
23/08376/FULL
2023 Approved
15 Cavendish Avenue London NW8 9JD
T1 1 x Sophora japonica: reduce lateral growth over garden of no 13 by a maximum of 1m, p…
23/06945/TCA
2023
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Replacement of the existing roof enclosure, introduction of a new roof glazed enclosure a…
23/07985/FULL
2023
13 Cavendish Avenue London NW8 9JD
T6 Lime front left To contain crown spread and to tidy, suggest: reduce and reshape by ap…
23/07176/TPO
2016 Refused
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Display of two non-illuminated advertisements on hoardings at ground floor level measurin…
16/08170/ADV
2016 Withdrawn
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Ground floor side extension, two-storey side and rear extensions, installation of new lan…
16/02332/FULL
2016 Approved
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1 x lime (T6 front): Crown reduce to previous, most recent reduction points, retaining sh…
16/03772/TPO
2016 Approved
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2016 Approved
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Westminster
Planning Authority Score
3.5/10
Below average
#221 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Westminster is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #258 out of 296. Only 28% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Westminster is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 81% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 81% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Westminster decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
86%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #201 of 296
81%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #277 of 296
44%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #258 of 296
28%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #46 of 296
83%
Minor dwellings approved
12 decided (1-9 homes)
67%
Major dwellings approved
3 decided (10+ homes)
81%
Change of use approved
133 decided
4,602
Total decisions
648 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.