12 Burghley Road, Wimbledon, Merton, SW19 5BH Data via plota.co.uk

25/T3545 - Tree Work Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Mer12 T25 - holm oak - reduce the crown by 15-20% ( up to 1 metre ) bay tree - trim and shape by approximately 1 metre, cutting back to contain the height and spread. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
19 Nov 2025
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Approved
12 Jan 2026

Approved on 12 Jan 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 18 Oct 2026

Documents 2

Plans & drawings 1

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Other documents 1

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Site constraints 7

Wimbledon North 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.
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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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Registered park or garden about 173 m away: Wimbledon Park; Inside the Merton built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 1b (very poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Designated open space about 42 m away.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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, 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
Merton
Application type
Tree Work
Postcode
SW19 5BH
Received
19 Nov 2025
Validated
19 Nov 2025
Ward
Village
Parish
Historic
Case officer
Show
Target decision
14 Jan 2026
Decision
Tree Works Approved
Decision date
12 Jan 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Ayres Treefellers

How this decision compares

Decided in 54 days from validation, 4 days slower than Merton's median of 50 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.

70%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
650decided 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

Committee
12 Jan 2026
Statutory expiry
14 Jan 2026

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

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2022 Approved
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2016 Approved
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Merton
Planning Authority Score
4.5/10
Below average
#173 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder 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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings