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25/08940/TCA - Applic. for works to trees in CA Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T1 1 x Liquidambar styraciflua: fell Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
9 Dec 2025
✓
Approved
16 Feb 2026
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Appeal dismissed
31 Jul 2026

Approved on 16 Feb 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Documents 7

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF SUPERSEDED LETTER DATED Decision Notice · 16 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF REVISED DECISION - NO OBJECTION Decision Notice · 16 Feb 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF PROPOSAL Ventilation/Extraction statement · 9 Dec 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

IMG IMG_5902 Drawing · 9 Dec 2025 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 9 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF FEECALCULATION Background Papers · 9 Dec 2025 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF ATTACHMENTSUMMARY Background Papers · 9 Dec 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 10

Bayswater 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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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 ↗
13 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Church of St Matthew, Grade II*, 22 m away · 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II*, 9 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.
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Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Protected tree 11 m away: P10_T42, order P10
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
Registered park or garden 162 m away: Kensington Gardens; Inside the City of Westminster built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6a (excellent), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; National infrastructure project 1865 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 6 October 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £5,300,000 in August 2017. Terraced house, freehold.

11 August 2017£5,300,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area237 m² (2,551 sq ft)
Energy ratingF (31 out of 100), could reach C
PropertyMid-terrace house, 8 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in May 2017, 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
W2 4LA
Received
9 Dec 2025
Validated
9 Dec 2025
Ward
Bayswater
Case officer
Show
Target decision
3 Feb 2026
Decision
No objections
Decision date
16 Feb 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Appeal
Dismissed · 31 Jul 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6008454 ↗
Applicant
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Agent
Roffey and Wootton Trees

How this decision compares

Decided in 69 days from validation, 34 days slower than Westminster's median of 35 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.

78%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
807decided 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 3 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14552746
Planning Portal ref
PP-14552746
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024
T1 Pittosporum rear Mature shrub located with a raised flower bed.Small area of decay on…
24/06632/TCA
2023 Withdrawn
T1 Rowan rear Dead tree. Fell to ground level and grind down stump.
23/00401/TCA
2020 Approved
Replacement front porch.
20/01924/FULL
2019 Refused
Variation of Condition 1 of planning permission dated 30 October 2018 (RN: 18/04246/FULL)…
19/07330/FULL
2019 Approved
Detailed cross section drawings at a scale of 1:5 through the dormer windows showing join…
19/09370/ADFULL
2019 Approved
1 x Liquidamber (front): Crown reduce by about 1.5m, to suitable secondary growth points…
19/01714/TCA
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025
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Full, phased planning application for a single storey roof extension to provide additiona…
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2025
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Demolition of existing roof and side dormer and installation of a mansard roof with side…
25/07033/FULL
2025
22 Palace Court London W2 4HU
Amalgamation of flats 7 and 8 to create 4 bedroom duplex apartment.
25/06850/FULL
2025
37 Bark Place London W2 4AT
1 x Magnolia (T1): Reduce crown by approximately 0.50m below the most recent reduction po…
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2025 Approved
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25/02838/TPO
2025
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2025
St Olaves Court St Petersburgh Place London W2 4JY
Cypress Remove Poor specimen showing considerable die back. Planted too close to building…
25/03389/TCA
2025 Approved
40 - 44 Bark Place London W2 4AT
T1 Lime (New West End Synagogue, in courtyard carpark area adjacent to school): Crown red…
25/01789/TPO
2025
Lancaster Close 13 - 15 St Petersburgh Place London W2 4JZ
T1 Lime x2 front, To improve light and contain crown spread, suggest: reduce back to prev…
25/01288/TPO
2025
Lancaster Close 13 - 15 St Petersburgh Place London W2 4JZ
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2025
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Alterations to cycle storage to the side of the building including relocation of fence an…
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2024
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t1 mature pride of India decay at base , large bracket fungus. Barabara Milne has inspect…
24/09084/TPO
2024
39 Bark Place London W2 4AT
t1 mature pride of India decay at base , large bracket fungus. Barabara Milne has inspect…
25/09084/TCA
2024
18 St Petersburgh Place London W2 4LB
Demolition of existing mews building at 32 St Petersburgh Mews and construction of new me…
24/07852/FULL
2024
17 Chapel Side London W2 4LG
Erection of mansard roof extension at second floor level, rear extension at first floor l…
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2024
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2024
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Installation of replacement of windows.
24/04446/FULL
2024
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Variation of condition 1 of planning permission dated 20 December 2022 (RN 21/05530/FULL)…
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2024 Approved
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Variation of condition 2 of planning permission dated 29th September 2020 (RN:20/03884/FU…
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2024
42 St Petersburgh Place London W2 4LD
Variation of condition 7 of the planning permission dated 26th February 2024 (RN 22/07418…
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2018 Refused
40-44 Bark Place London W2 4AT
Replacement of kitchen extractor fan to rear elevation.
18/09595/FULL
2018 Refused
40 - 44 Bark Place London W2 4AT
Installation of one additional air conditioning unit within lightwell at front elevation…
18/09661/FULL
2018 Approved
37 Bark Place London W2 4AT
1 x Magnolia: thin crown density by 20% including removal of weak epicormic growth.
18/10522/TCA
2018 Approved
1 St Olaves Court St Petersburgh Place London W2 4JY
1 x purple plum: fell
18/09883/TCA
2018 Approved
27 Bark Place London W2 4AT
Use of the dwelling house as 1 x three bedroom and 1 x two bedroom self-contained flats (…
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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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

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.