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ARB/25/04188 - Prune Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Prune 1 x Lime, 1 x Sycamore Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
4 Jul 2025
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Approved
8 Aug 2025

Approved on 8 Aug 2025 · Last checked 24 Oct 2026

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Site constraints 12

17 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 17, Kensington Palace Gardens W8, Grade II, the postcode pin is inside its outline · 3 Grade II*, 13 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 ↗
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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
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: 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 124 m away: Kensington Gardens; 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 1564 m away: London Strategic Heat Main Project, at pre-application; Metropolitan Open Land about 94 m away.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 1 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
Received
4 Jul 2025
Validated
4 Jul 2025
Ward
Campden
Case officer
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Target decision
15 Aug 2025
Decision
Granted
Decision date
8 Aug 2025
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 35 days from validation, 4 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
8 Aug 2025

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
18-19 Kensington Palace Gardens, London, W8 4QQ
Prune 1 x London Plane
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2025 Approved
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ARB/25/03266
2025 Approved
18-19 Kensington Palace Gardens, London, W8 4QQ
Prune 1 x London Plane
ARB/25/01511
2024 Refused
Flat 4, 11 Palace Gardens Terrace, London, W8 4SA
Alterations to roof to form a rooftop sun deck terrace and associated glazed access housi…
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2024 Approved
Flat 2, 26 Palace Gardens Terrace, LONDON, W8 4RP
Construction of single storey outbuilding garden room, in rear garden
PP/24/05682
2024 Approved
56 Palace Gardens Terrace, LONDON, W8 4RR
Variation of condition 2 (compliance with approved drawings) of planning permission PP/23…
PP/24/05985
2024 Approved
15 Kensington Palace Gardens, LONDON, W8 4QG
Prune 4x London Plane and 1x Sycamore
ARB/24/06305
2024 Approved
56 Palace Gardens Terrace, LONDON, W8 4RR
Alterations to window beneath entrance steps in connection with works to the basement vau…
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2024 Withdrawn
56 Palace Gardens Terrace, LONDON, W8 4RR
Demolition and removal of existing conservatory and glazed lean-to roof. Construction of…
PP/24/02047
2024 Approved
15A Kensington Palace Gardens, LONDON, W8 4QG
Prune 1 x Plane, 1 x Sycamore
ARB/24/01552
2023 Approved
36 Palace Gardens Terrace, LONDON, W8 4RP
Prune x 2 birch (rear garden)
ARB/23/06970
2023 Approved
7 Palace Gardens Terrace, London, W8 4SA
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2023 Approved
Flat 3, 18 Palace Gardens Terrace, London, W8 4RP
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Prune 1 x London Plane (rear)
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2023 Withdrawn
60 Palace Gardens Terrace, LONDON, W8 4RR
Addition of an air source heat pump at bottom of rear garden; replacement of bathroom ext…
PP/23/02240
2023 Approved
56 Palace Gardens Terrace, LONDON, W8 4RR
Prune x 1 willow
ARB/23/02034
2023 Approved
56 Palace Gardens Terrace, LONDON, W8 4RR
Replacement of single glazed timber framed sliding sash windows with double glazed timber…
PP/23/01110
2023 Approved
60 Palace Gardens Terrace, LONDON, W8 4RR
Replacement of windows front and back (some aluminium) with double glazed timber windows…
PP/23/00369
2016 Refused
15 and 17 Palace Gardens Terrace, LONDON, W8 4SA
Confirmation that the amalgamation of two residential units to form a single dwellinghous…
CL/16/01122
2016 Approved
15A Kensington Palace Gardens, LONDON, W8 4QG
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10 Palace Gardens Terrace, LONDON, W8 4RP
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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%).

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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