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25/05239/TCA - Applic. for works to trees in CA
Approved
Proposal
T3: Laurel - Trim to previous pruning points. T4: Bay - Trim to re-shape. Data via plota.co.uk
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Received
28 Jul 2025
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Approved
26 Sept 2025
Approved on 26 Sept 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 30 Oct 2026
Documents 7
Decision & officer reports 1
Statements & assessments 1
Plans & drawings 1
Application forms 2
Site constraints 14
Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Pimlico 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.
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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
Archaeological priority area: City of Westminster APA 3.2
An assessment or field evaluation may be asked for before ground works.
The council or Historic England considers archaeology likely here. A desk-based assessment, and sometimes trial trenching, can be asked for with the application.
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.
National infrastructure project 234 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is 234 m from the project boundary. Waste water treatment, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: London Strategic Heat Main Project (at pre-application, 128 m).
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
15 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: 45-48, WARWICK SQUARE SW1 (See details for further address information), Grade II, 12 m away · 1 Grade II*, 14 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. 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.
Show all 15 with distances
- 12 m45-48, WARWICK SQUARE SW1 (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 29 m50-66, Warwick Square Sw1Grade II
- 29 m33, Warwick Square Sw1Grade II
- 42 mChurch of St GabrielGrade II*
- 50 m48-58, St George's Drive Sw1Grade II
- 75 m26-29, Warwick Square Sw1Grade II
- 76 mFormer Denbigh Arms Public HouseGrade II
- 84 m108-138, Cambridge Street Sw1Grade II
- 85 m30-32, Warwick Square Sw1Grade II
- 86 m1-23, Warwick Square Sw1Grade II
- 99 m51-61, St George's Drive Sw1Grade II
- 101 m60-68, St George's Drive Sw1Grade II
- 142 m22-36, ST GEORGE'S DRIVE SW1 (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 146 m29-49, St George's Drive Sw1Grade II
- 147 m52-56, Belgrave Road Sw1Grade II
Registered park or garden 25 m away: Warwick Square
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.
Central activities zone
The core of central London in the London Plan.
Offices, culture and the other strategic functions of the centre take priority over new housing here.
Protected tree 11 m away: W43_T3, order W43
3 protected trees within 15 m. 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.
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Also on the record
Heritage at risk 61 m away: Church of St Gabriel, Warwick Square, Pimlico; Inside the City of Westminster built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6a (excellent), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Priority habitat 27 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
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.
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Important details
- Council
- Westminster
- Application type
- Applic. for works to trees in CA
- Postcode
- SW1V 2AJ
- Received
- 28 Jul 2025
- Validated
- 28 Jul 2025
- Ward
- Pimlico North
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 22 Sept 2025
- Decision
- No objections
- Decision date
- 26 Sept 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Advanced Tree Services Ltd
How this decision compares
Decided in 60 days from validation, 24 days slower than Westminster's median of 36 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.
This one60d
Council36d
UK37d
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 30 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14210007
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14210007
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
30 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
This property
Previous applications at this address
2025
1 x Tree of Heaven (T3): Fell, due to damage to boundary wall.
2024
Refused
Creation of internal opening within entrance hallway of Flat-49 and installation of inter…
2024
Approved
1 x bay (T1): Crown reduce by 1m to re-shape.1 x Portuguese laurel (T4): Crown reduce by…
2024
Approved
Creation of internal opening at entrance hallway to Flat 49, installation of internal sta…
2024
Refused
Amalgamation of Flat 48 and Flat 49 at second and third floor levels through installation…
Within ~100m
Nearby activity
2025
Flat 1 48 St George's Drive London SW1V 4BU
T1 = TO FELL 1 X LOQUAT & GRIND OUT STUMP T2 = TO FELL 1 X TREE OF HEAVEN & GRIND OUT STU…
2025
42 St George's Drive London SW1V 4BT
Installation of replacement air conditioning units including new screening enclosure at g…
2025
Approved
42 St George's Drive London SW1V 4BT
Variation of Conditions 1 and 6 of planning permission dated 8 October 2024 (RN 24/04192/…
2025
55 Warwick Square London SW1V 2AJ
Removal of small section of unoriginal partition and door, creation of new partition and…
2024
Ground Floor Front 54 Warwick Square London SW1V 2AJ
Use of ground floor as one bedroom flat (Class C3) with associated installation of furnit…
2024
Ground Floor Front 54 Warwick Square London SW1V 2AJ
Use of ground floor as one bedroom flat (Class C3) with associated installation of furnit…
2024
Ground Floor Front 54 Warwick Square London SW1V 2AJ
Internal alterations at ground floor level comprising of the installation of a new kitche…
2024
42 St George's Drive London SW1V 4BT
Erection of a single mansard storey to the existing residential property. Includes the pr…
2024
50 St George's Drive London SW1V 4BU
Installation of handrails to either side of front entrance steps. (Linked with 24/03868/F…
2024
50 St George's Drive London SW1V 4BU
Installation of handrails to either side of front entrance steps. (Linked with 24/03869/L…
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Flat 2 First Floor And Second Floor 62 Warwick Square London SW1V 2AL
Replacement of non-original closet wing flat roof; new services penetrations on rear elev…
2024
Flat 2 First Floor And Second Floor 62 Warwick Square London SW1V 2AL
Replacement of closet wing flat roof; new services penetrations on rear elevations & alte…
2024
Flat M 56 Warwick Square London SW1V 2AJ
Alterations to create a new opening and doorway in the masonry wall and erection of a new…
2024
45-49 Warwick Square London SW1V 2AJ
1 x Tree of Heaven (T1): fell
2023
Approved
First Floor 54 Warwick Square London SW1V 2AJ
Extensions at rear first and second floor levels; creation of roof terrace at rear second…
2023
Approved
First Floor 54 Warwick Square London SW1V 2AJ
Extensions at rear first floor level; creation of roof terrace at rear second floor and a…
2023
Approved
45-49 Warwick Square London SW1V 2AJ
1 x Whitebeam (T7) and 1 x Eucalyptus (T10): Fell. 1 x Whitebeam (T2): Reduce lateral bra…
2023
Approved
Open Space Warwick Square London SW1V 2AD
Tree works in accordance with the tree work schedule dated 5th December 2023.
2023
Refused
55 Warwick Square London SW1V 2AJ
Internal works, including the creation of a new party wall opening and doorway at second…
2023
Refused
Flat M 56 Warwick Square London SW1V 2AJ
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2016
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65-66 Warwick Square London SW1V 2AL
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Refused
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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.
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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
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