Cannizaro House Hotel, Hotel, CANNIZARO HOUSE, 20 West Side Common, Wimbledon, Merton, SW19 4UE Data via plota.co.uk

26/10/1135 - Tree(s) in a Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

Front car park/grounds – T2 - (tag123) 1 x lime tree to be reduced to previous points. Front car park/grounds – T1 - (tag122) 1 x lime tree to have a major deadwood and crown lift to 5m.- T4 - (tag 125) 1 x oak to be crown lifted to 2.5m (opposite fire assembly point). T6 - (tag 127) 1 x sycamore to be crown lifted to 4m. T9 - (tag 130) 1 x sycamore adjacent to yew tree to be crown reduced by 2m and major deadwood. T17 - (tag 138) 1 x ornamental cherry to be crown reduced by 1m and balance shape. T18 - (tag 139) 1 x cherry tree to be deadwooded and crown thinned by 10%. T46 - (tag 147) 1 x corsican pine to remove deadwood and remove cankerous branches over road. G48 - (tag 150) 1 x holm oak adjacent to corsican pine to cut overhang over roadway. T53 - (tag 157) 1 x lime tree to be deadwooded. T52 - (tag 156) 1 x lime tree to be deadwooded. T60 - (tag unknown) 1 x corsican pine to have a major deadwood. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
14 Apr 2026
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Approved
15 Jun 2026

Approved on 15 Jun 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Site constraints 11

Metropolitan Open Land
Green belt level protection inside London.
The London Plan gives Metropolitan Open Land the same protection as green belt: inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Registered park or garden: Cannizaro Park
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 ↗
Wimbledon West 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 ↗
Archaeological priority area
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: Merton 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 ↗
Special area of conservation about 120 m away: Wimbledon Common
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.
Habitat network: Restorable Habitat
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI about 120 m away: Wimbledon Common SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Hanford Row, Grade II, about 49 m from the postcode pin · 3 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 ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Merton built-up area; Priority habitat about 33 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 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 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
Merton
Application type
Tree(s) in a Conservation Area
Postcode
SW19 4UE
Received
14 Apr 2026
Validated
14 Apr 2026
Ward
Village
Case officer
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Target decision
26 May 2026
Decision
Tree Work Application Not Determined In 6 Weeks
Decision date
15 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Cypress Garden Services Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 62 days from validation, 6 days slower than Merton's median of 56 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.

53%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
467decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
26 May 2026
Merton
Planning Authority Score
4.5/10
Below average
#173 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Merton ranks #196 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
Merton decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #135 of 296
92%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #158 of 296
57%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #196 of 296
39%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #139 of 296
54%
Minor dwellings approved
82 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
11 decided (10+ homes)
83%
Change of use approved
24 decided
1,079
Total decisions
115 refused in the year to March 2026