18 Wool Road, Wimbledon, Merton, SW20 0HW Data via plota.co.uk

25/T2983 - Tree(s) in a Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Front garden T1 -Bay tree - reduce by approximately 50% (reducing height by approximately 3 metres) Rear garden, left hand side T2 - 2 x Holly trees - prune/reduce sizes by approximately 1 metre. Rear boundary T3 - Pear tree - reduce height by approximately 1-2 metres T4 - Holm Oak tree - prune/reduce size by approximately 1-2 metres. Right hand side T5 and T6 - 2 x Laurel trees - prune/reduce sizes by approximately 1-2 metres. H1 - Mixed laurel hedging - reduce height by approximately 1-2 metres Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
8 Oct 2025
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Approved
17 Nov 2025

Approved on 17 Nov 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 16 Oct 2026

Documents 3

Decision & officer reports 1

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Plans & drawings 1

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Site constraints 9

Wool Road 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 ↗
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.
Registered park or garden about 81 m away: Cannizaro Park
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Special area of conservation about 493 m away: Wimbledon Common; SSSI about 493 m away: Wimbledon Common SSSI; Inside the Merton built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 1a (very poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Metropolitan Open Land about 76 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £555,000 in December 1996. Detached house, freehold.

16 December 1996£555,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Merton
Application type
Tree(s) in a Conservation Area
Postcode
SW20 0HW
Received
8 Oct 2025
Validated
8 Oct 2025
Ward
Village - historic
Parish
Historic
Case officer
Show
Target decision
19 Nov 2025
Decision
Tree Works Approved
Decision date
17 Nov 2025
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Wimbledon Tree Surgeons

How this decision compares

Decided in 40 days from validation, 10 days faster 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
17 Nov 2025
Statutory expiry
19 Nov 2025

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2023 Approved
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23/T1721
2023 Approved
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23/T0537
2022 Approved
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2022 Approved
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2022 Approved
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2022 Approved
20 WOOL ROAD, LONDON SW20 0HW
Rear garden: Bay - Crown reduce by up to 1 metre; Crown thin by 20% to increase light to…
22/T1275
2021
4 Wool Road West Wimbledon London SW20 0HW
Rear garden: Malus - fell to allow neighbouring shrubs to grow into space. Robinia - remo…
21/T3460
2021
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21/T3443
2021
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21/T3195
2021
21 DUNSTALL ROAD LONDON SW20 OHP
Beech (T1) - Reduce tree to most recent points, approx 4 m crown reduction
21/T1762
2021
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21/T1594
2020 Approved
2 Wool Road West Wimbledon SW20 0HW
Front garden - Exempt work to remove two dead branches to a Rowan tree.
20/T2323
2016 Refused
12 Wool Road West Wimbledon London SW20 0HW
ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSION
16/P1963
2016 Refused
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ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSION
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2016 Approved
31 Wool Road West Wimbledon SW20 0HN
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16/P3050
2016 Approved
30 Dunstall Road West Wimbledon London SW20 0HR
ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR INFILL EXTENSION.
16/P2653
2016 Approved
19 Dunstall Road Wimbledon London SW20 OHP
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Merton
Planning Authority Score
4.5/10
Below average
#173 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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

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