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26/01498/TCA - Trees in Conservation Area Under Consideration
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Tree 1: 1x Handkerchief tree: prune back southern canopy from building fa?ade by up to 3 metres to approximately half a metre beyond the railing line. Tree 2: 1x Whitebeam tree: prune back southern canopy by up to 2 metres from the building fa?ade. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
12 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 23 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 14 Nov 2026 and 21 Nov 2026, from recent tree works across the UK.

Documents 2

Plans & drawings 1

IMG POSTMANS PARK TREE PLAN Drawing · 12 Oct 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORM REDACTED Application Form · 12 Oct 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 11

13 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Church of St Botolph, Grade I, the postcode pin is inside its outline · 3 Grade I, 2 Grade II*, 7 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 ↗
Postman's Park 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 ↗
Scheduled monument about 25 m away: London Wall: section of Roman wall and Roman, medieval and post-medieval gateway at Aldersgate
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: City of London 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 ↗
National infrastructure project about 430 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is about 430 m from 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, about 341 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 ↗
Central activities zone
The core of central London in the London Plan.
Offices, culture and the other strategic functions of the centre take priority over new housing here.
Also on the record
Registered park or garden about 125 m away: The Barbican; Inside the City and County of the City of London built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6b (excellent), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Designated open space about 9 m away.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 27 October 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
City of London
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Postcode
EC1A 4EU
Received
12 Oct 2026
Validated
12 Oct 2026
Ward
Aldersgate
Case officer
Show
Target decision
23 Nov 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 17 of the 56-day target. Councils usually decide tree works by day 36.

Day 1739 days to the 56-day target
87%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
86,080decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree works decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent tree works in City of London to go on. City of London decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 27 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15289679
Planning Portal ref
PP-15289679
Statutory expiry
23 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

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City of London
Planning Authority Score
6.7/10
Good
#71 of 296 councils
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City of London is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #1 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 84% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 100% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

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for householder decisions
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City of London decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
97%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #3 of 296
100%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #1 of 296
100%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #1 of 296
84%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #296 of 296
50%
Minor dwellings approved
4 decided (1-9 homes)
91%
Change of use approved
22 decided
460
Total decisions
14 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings