Slewins Close/Mellish Way Havering RM11 2DB Data via plota.co.uk

T0099.26 Approved

Proposal

1851 Mixed Species Group Clear adjacent street lamp of vegetation by 2m. 1x Ash and 1x moderately leaning Poplar (topped at 5m) overhanging road. Height 20m. 1822 Black Cherry Plum Crown lift tree highway and street lamp clearance To 2.5m. Overhangs footpath. Height 6m. 0166 Sycamore Section fell tree - 1 sycamore in decline as per image. Height 10m. 1832 Macrocarpa/Monterey Cypress Crown lift tree highway and street lamp clearance To 2.5m. Overhangs footpath. Height 14m. 0160 Cherry Prune to clear building by 1-2m (1x Cherry). Height 5m, spread 5m. 0137 Liquidambar Crown lift tree highway and street lamp clearance To 2.5m. Overhangs footpath. Height 5m. 1827 Japanese Cherry Pollard tree at 3m. Overhangs parking area. Small areas of dieback. Height 4m. 0141 Japanese Cherry Crown reduction or reshape by 2m. Crown lift tree highway and street lamp clearance To 2m. Overhangs footpath and has lamp column facing crown. Poor location of tree to lamp column. Height 6m. 0144 Japanese Cherry Crown lift tree highway and street lamp clearance To 2.5m. Overhangs footpath and parking bays. Height 4m 1909 Liquidambar Crown lift tree highway and street lamp clearance To 2m over parking bay. Overhangs parking bay. Height 5m. 1924 Japanese Cherry Crown lift tree highway and street lamp clearance To 2.5m. Overhangs footpath and parking area. Height 5m. 1911 Liquidambar Crown lift tree highway and street lamp clearance To 2m. Overhangs footpath. Height 4m. 1806 Mixed Species Group Cut back all overhang within 3m of lamp column to boundary line. 8x boundary trees along fence. Height 4m, spread 4m. 0172 Ash Fell large Ash at end of rear garage block and monolith at 3-4m to retain habitat stump. Height 18m. 0153 Mixed Species Group Lift all overhanging vegetation to parking area to 3m and back to boundary. 1x Sycamore, 1x multi stemmed Prunus and 1x Ash. Sycamore and Ash close to structures. Height 8m. - Following findings from a tree survey. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
11 Aug 2026
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Approved
10 Sept 2026

Approved on 10 Sept 2026 · Last checked 11 Sept 2026

Site constraints 5

Air quality management area: Havering 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
Inside the Havering built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 2 (poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Priority habitat about 23 m away: Deciduous woodland; Designated open space about 23 m away.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 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, 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
Havering
Postcode
RM11 2DB
Received
11 Aug 2026
Validated
11 Aug 2026
Case officer
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Target decision
22 Sept 2026
Decision
Tree Work App + Cond Conditions/Reasons
Decision date
10 Sept 2026
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How this decision compares

Decided in 30 days from validation, 5 days faster than Havering's median of 35 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 77% of tree and landscaping works here are.

89%decided within 8 weeks
77%approved
101decided in the last year

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

Havering
Planning Authority Score
2.5/10
Poor
#251 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Havering is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #202 out of 296. 47% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Havering is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 83% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 83% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Havering decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
74%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #290 of 296
83%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #262 of 296
56%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #202 of 296
47%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #207 of 296
42%
Minor dwellings approved
156 decided (1-9 homes)
83%
Major dwellings approved
12 decided (10+ homes)
29%
Change of use approved
101 decided
1,501
Total decisions
385 refused in the year to March 2026