Chelsea Physic Garden, 66 Royal Hospital Road, London, SW3 4HS Data via plota.co.uk

ARB/26/05643 - Part Fell Part Prune Consultation
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

FELL and prune various as specified Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
19 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 30 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 24 Nov 2026 and 10 Dec 2026, from Kensington and Chelsea's recent tree and landscaping works.

Comments are open until 13 Nov 2026

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Documents

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Site constraints 12

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 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 ↗
Registered park or garden: Chelsea Physic Garden
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 ↗
Royal Hospital 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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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 ↗
National infrastructure project about 34 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is about 34 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 576 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 ↗
30 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Rockery to Centre of Chelsea Physic Garden, in North Eastern Segment, Grade II, about 33 m from the postcode pin · 8 Grade II*, 20 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 ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Kensington and Chelsea built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 1b (very poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Designated open space about 8 m away.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 23 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
Kensington and Chelsea
Application type
Part Fell Part Prune
Postcode
SW3 4HS
Received
19 Oct 2026
Validated
19 Oct 2026
Ward
Royal Hospital
Case officer
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Target decision
30 Nov 2026
Applicant
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Freehold owner
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Decision outlook

Day 9 of the 56-day target. Kensington and Chelsea usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 39.

Day 947 days to the 56-day target
63%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
864decided 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
13 Nov 2026

Historical activity at this location

28 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Refused
A polytunnel was erected in December 2021 to assist with housing of plants during period…
CL/24/03742
2024 Approved
FELL 1 x Quillaja Saponama on garden boundary with Embankment
ARB/24/00846
2023 Approved
FELL 1 x Magnolia grandiflora and 1 x Prunus avium
ARB/23/03783
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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17 Cheyne Place, London, SW3 4HJ
FELL 1 x Pillosporum (garden)
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2025 Approved
Ground Floor Flat, 14 Chelsea Embankment, London, SW3 4LA
Renovation including removal of a non-structural partition and introduction of a new kitc…
LB/25/05859
2025 Approved
Cheyne Cottage, 65 Royal Hospital Road, London, SW3 4HS
Variation of Condition 4 (Flood Risk Assessment/Sustainable Drainage Systems Strategy) of…
PP/25/05579
2025 Approved
2 Swan Walk, London, SW3 4JJ
Prune 1 x Common Lime (rear)
ARB/25/04791
2025 Approved
2 Swan Walk, London, SW3 4JJ
Prune 4 x Lime (rear)
ARB/25/04493
2025 Approved
Cheyne Cottage, 65 Royal Hospital Road, London, SW3 4HS
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PP/25/03499
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Alterations to front fa?ade at ground floor level to replace garage door; modify central…
PP/25/02059
2025 Approved
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Variation of condition 2 (compliance with approved drawings) of planning permission 24/03…
PP/25/01771
2025 Approved
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Prune 1 x Sycamore (rear)
ARB/25/01453
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PP/25/01224
2024 Approved
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PP/24/05853
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ARB/24/07762
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FELL 1 x Robinia Pseudo acacia
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ARB/24/05200
2024 Approved
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Flat 1, 17 Cheyne Place, LONDON, SW3 4HJ
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2023 Withdrawn
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2016 Refused
15 Cheyne Place, LONDON, SW3 4HH
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PP/16/04908
2016
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2016 Approved
Flat 10, Delahay House, 15 Chelsea Embankment, LONDON, SW3 4LA
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2016
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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

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