State Apartments, Kensington Palace, Palace Green, London, W8 4PX Data via plota.co.uk

ARB/26/03425 - Prune Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Prune 1 x London Plane (Platanus x hispanica)(1895); 2 x Limes (3389, 3390); and 3 x Hornbeams (3371, 3372, 3373) all in grounds east of palace. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
26 Jun 2026
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Approved
24 Jul 2026

Approved on 24 Jul 2026 · Last checked 20 Oct 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 13

7 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Kensington Palace, Grade I, the postcode pin is inside its outline · 2 Grade I, 5 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 ↗
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: Kensington Gardens
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 ↗
Kensington Palace 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 - No 100. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
Tree preservation order
Consent is needed before work on protected trees.
Not every council has published its orders as open data, so no order shown is not proof there is none.
Scheduled monument about 11 m away: Kensington Palace
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
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: Kensington and Chelsea 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 ↗
Habitat network: Wood pasture and parkland
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Kensington and Chelsea built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 5 (very good), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; National infrastructure project about 1309 m away: London Strategic Heat Main Project, at pre-application.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 2 November 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, 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
Kensington and Chelsea
Application type
Prune
Postcode
W8 4PX
Received
26 Jun 2026
Validated
26 Jun 2026
Ward
Campden
Case officer
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Target decision
21 Aug 2026
Decision
Granted
Decision date
24 Jul 2026
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 28 days from validation, 11 days faster than Kensington and Chelsea's median of 39 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

63%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
865decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
24 Jul 2026

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 Approved
DOCUMENTS AND DRAWINGS ARE NOT AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY FOR THIS APPLICATION. PLEASE CALL…
LB/25/02146
2025 Approved
FELL 1 x Horse Chestnut; Prune 4 x Horse Chestnut and 1 x Lime
ARB/25/01913
2025 Withdrawn
DOCUMENTS AND DRAWINGS ARE NOT AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY FOR THIS APPLICATION. PLEASE CALL…
LB/25/00799
2025 Withdrawn
DOCUMENTS AND DRAWINGS ARE NOT AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY FOR THIS APPLICATION. PLEASE CALL…
PP/25/00798
2024 Approved
Prune 2 x Quercus ilex, 1 x Platanus x hispanica, 1 x Quercus robur
ARB/24/07434
2023 Approved
Prune 1 x Magnolia Grandiflora and 2 x Morus Alba (Princess Court)
ARB/23/05096
2023 Approved
Prune 1 x Magnolia and 1 x Mimosa
ARB/23/01001
2021 Approved
Prune 3 x Hornbeam, 1 x Cotinus, 1 x Garrya and 1 x Malus in rear garden.
ARB/21/05226
2021 Approved
Fell and Prune (as specified)
ARB/21/01033
2021 Approved
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PP/21/00320
2020 Approved
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PP/20/06741
2019 Approved
Prune as specified
ARB/19/08252
2019 Approved
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ARB/19/05448
2017 Approved
Prune 3 x Holm Oaks (eastern boundary of south paddock)
ARB/17/06466
Within ~100m

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2019 Approved
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2018 Approved
Upper Stables 1, Kensington Palace, Palace Green, LONDON, W8 4PY
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2017 Approved
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Kensington and Chelsea
Planning Authority Score
5.1/10
Average
#144 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Kensington and Chelsea ranks #174 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Kensington and Chelsea decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the nine months to December 2025
93%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #58 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #110 of 296
61%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #174 of 296
40%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #152 of 296
94%
Minor dwellings approved
455 decided (1-9 homes)
87%
Change of use approved
53 decided
1,839
Total decisions
135 refused in the nine months to December 2025
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings