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PA/26/01682/NC - Tree Works in Conservation Area (S211) Registered

Proposal

T1: Palm located in the lower east gardens ? Prune away from the building, remove any dead fronds and seed pods. G1: Group of Bamboo located growing from the lower east garden ? Selectively prune away from the wall and remove 1 x dead stem. T2: Palm located in the east front garden starting to grow into the roof structures ? Fell to ground level - to avoid damage to the roof structures. T3: Shrub Koromiko located in the front east gardens ? Remove 2 x lower laterals over the pavement, tidy old stubs, trim, and shape remaining canopy if needed. T4: 2 x Leaning Japanese Hollies located in the front east garden ? Fell to ground level - N/A undersized - growing through railings and over footpath. T5: Twin Stem Palm located in the front east garden ? Prune away from the building and fence, remove any dead fronds and seed pods. T6: Chinese Evergreen Magnolia (Magnolia delavayi) located on the righthand side of the front entrance in the west front garden ? Reduce and shape canopy by approximately 2-2.5m in height and evenly reduce the lateral spread by approximately 2-2.5m. Pruning back slightly harder from the footpath and building if needed and remove any major deadwood over 40mm. G2: Group of Spurge located on the west front garden ? Reduce height by approximately 1.5-2m and shape canopy. T7: Rice Paper Plant (Tetrapanax papyrifer) located in the west front garden ? Prune back from footpath and building and remove any major deadwood over 40mm. T8: Dead Palm stump located in the west front garden ? Fell to ground level. T9: Palm located on the righthand side of the west front garden ? Fell to ground level - outgrown where situated and blocking light into building. T10: Palm located on the lefthand side of the west front garden ? Prune away from the building where needed and remove dead fronds and seed pods. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
around 2 Oct 2026
✓
Consultation
13 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 13 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 12 Nov 2026, from Tower Hamlets's recent tree and landscaping works.

Site constraints 11

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.
Flood map ↗
Wapping Pierhead 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.
National infrastructure project: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is inside 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, 268 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.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Archaeological priority area: Tower Hamlets APA 2.7
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: Tower Hamlets 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
Thames Path 24 m away; Flood defence 20 m away (wall, designed for a 1 in 1000 year flood); Inside the Tower Hamlets built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 2 (poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Priority habitat 20 m away: Mudflats.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 10 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.

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Important details

Application type
Tree Works in Conservation Area (S211)
Postcode
E1W 1LY
Received
around 2 Oct 2026
Validated
2 Oct 2026
Ward
St Katharines and Wapping
Case officer
Show
Target decision
13 Nov 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Tree Me

Decision outlook

Day 18 of the 56-day target. Tower Hamlets usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 41.

Day 1838 days to the 56-day target
97%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
102decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Site or press notice
13 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
13 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No
Tower Hamlets
Planning Authority Score
3.9/10
Below average
#201 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Tower Hamlets is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #207 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Tower Hamlets decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
84%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #229 of 296
92%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #167 of 296
56%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #207 of 296
42%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #167 of 296
63%
Minor dwellings approved
52 decided (1-9 homes)
80%
Major dwellings approved
15 decided (10+ homes)
55%
Change of use approved
67 decided
998
Total decisions
164 refused in the year to March 2026