Buttercup House 5 Springfield Drive SW17 0SX Data via plota.co.uk

2025/4495 - Works to a T.P.O. Tree Withdrawn

Proposal

T17, 18, 19 TPO Lime (TPO 12,13,14) DOESNT LOOK LIKE ANY TREES ARE COEVERDE BY TPO T1 Holm Oak Cut back off building to give a 2.5m clearance, remove deadwood T2 Maple Cut back off building to give a 2m clearance T3 Silver Birch In decline - Fell T5 Cherry Cut back off building to give a 2m clearance l T7 Maple Cut back off building to give a 2m clearance T9 Sycamore Cut back off streetlight to give a 1.5m clearance T11 Ash Encroaching on buildings - Fell T16 Whitebeam Root damage and in decline - Fell Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
12 Dec 2025
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Withdrawn

Withdrawn · Withdrawn-Council · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Site constraints 6

Registered park or garden: Springfield Hospital
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Designated open space
Borough-designated open space.
Loss of protected open space is resisted unless it is replaced by space of equal or better quality nearby.
Air quality management area: Wandsworth 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 ↗
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m; Inside the Wandsworth built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 2 (poor), 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 2 November 2026. 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £600,000 in September 2022. Flat or maisonette, leasehold.

30 September 2022£600,000New build

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

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Important details

Council
Wandsworth
Application type
Works to a T.P.O. Tree
Postcode
SW17 0SX
Received
12 Dec 2025
Validated
12 Dec 2025
Case officer
Show
Target decision
6 Feb 2026
Decision level
Withdrawn-Council
Applicant
Show
Agent
MBS Grounds Maintenance Ltd

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
14561630
Wandsworth
Planning Authority Score
4.8/10
Below average
#164 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Wandsworth ranks #172 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Wandsworth decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
90%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #120 of 296
92%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #168 of 296
62%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #172 of 296
37%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #124 of 296
89%
Minor dwellings approved
680 decided (1-9 homes)
81%
Major dwellings approved
16 decided (10+ homes)
72%
Change of use approved
36 decided
2,062
Total decisions
206 refused in the year to March 2026

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