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2025/02845/TREE - Works to Tree(s) in Conservation Area REGISTERED: Pending recommendation
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

REAR GARDEN T1 - Silver Birch (Betula pendula) Crown reduce by approximately 2m back to most recent previous reduction points. Final height 10m and spread 6m Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
14 Oct 2025
Decision
Target date was 9 Dec 2025

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 6 Nov 2026; it is now day 388.

Documents 3

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TREE Decision · 15 Oct 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF 51 FINLAY STREET MAP Drawing · 14 Oct 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form Redacted · 14 Oct 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 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 ↗
Bishops 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.
Air quality management area: Hammersmith and Fulham 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 160 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is 160 m from the project boundary. Waste water treatment, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.
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 ↗
Also on the record
Registered park or garden 174 m away: Bishop's Park; Inside the Hammersmith and Fulham built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 2 (poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

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Important details

Council
Hammersmith and Fulham
Application type
Works to Tree(s) in Conservation Area
Postcode
SW6 6HF
Received
14 Oct 2025
Validated
14 Oct 2025
Ward
Palace And Hurlingham
Case officer
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Decision outlook

Day 388, past the statutory target. 94% of tree and landscaping works in Hammersmith and Fulham are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 3 Nov 2026.

Day 388332 days past the 56-day target
75%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
75decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
25 Nov 2025

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2023 Approved
Erection of a replacement rear roof extension; erection of a rear extension at second flo…
2023/01581/FUL
2021 Refused
Erection of a front and rear roof extension; erection of a rear extension at second floor…
2021/03234/FUL
2020
T1 rear garden-Silver Birch (Betula pendula)- Reduce crown to the most recent previous re…
2020/03429/TREE
2017 Approved
Rear Garden Silver Birch - Reduce crown back to most recent previous reduction points rem…
2017/01212/TREE
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025
Bridge Academy, Finlay Street, London, SW6 6HB
T1 Apple: Fell to ground level / Section dismantle. Justification: Conflicting with neigh…
2025/02916/TREE
2025
46 Ellerby Street, London, SW6 6EZ
T2 - REAR Garden - Oak (Quercus) Neighbours tree - 30% Crown Reduction - Reducing the hei…
2025/02849/TREE
2025
Bridge Academy Finlay Street London SW6 6HB
Cherry, Ash, Willow, shrubs, Prunus - ALL REAR Garden
2025/02812/TREE
2025
73 Ellerby Street, London, SW6 6EU
T1 - Approx. H9 S5 30DBH Olive - rear garden - Crown reduce height by approx. 4-5m to lea…
2025/01433/TREE
2024 Approved
74 Ellerby Street, London, SW6 6EZ
Pruning of False Acacia in rear garden, subject to Tree Preservation Order TPO/291/9/00 (…
2024/02782/TPO
2024
87 Finlay Street, London, SW6 6HF
T1 Silver Birch - reduce by approx. 1 to 1.5 metres from the height and width to shape T2…
2024/02724/TREE
2024
50 Stevenage Road, London, SW6 6HA
T1, front garden, Magnolia soulangeana - 30% Crown Reduction - Reduce height and spread b…
2024/01828/TREE
2024 Approved
49 Finlay Street, London, SW6 6HF
Demolition of existing ground floor garage, existing single storey rear extension and exi…
2024/00743/FUL
2024
Bridge Academy Finlay Street, London, SW6 6HB
On Greswell Road side, rear of school: (T1) - Cherry (Prunus) - reduce crown by 30% (2.5m…
2024/00617/TREE
2024
54 Ellerby Street, London, SW6 6EZ
Gleditsia - rear garden - reduce crown height 10 feet, thin crown by 25%
2024/00061/TREE
2023 Approved
43 Ellerby Street, London, SW6 6EU
Erection of 3no dormer windows to replace the existing windows in the front roofslope; er…
2023/01976/FUL
2023
40 Ellerby Street, London, SW6 6EY
T1 Magnolia grandiflora - Crown Reduction - Reduce height and spread of tree by up to 0.5…
2023/02828/TREE
2023 Approved
81 Finlay Street, London, SW6 6HF
Erection of a front and rear roof extension including the formation of a hip to gable roo…
2023/01606/FUL
2023 Approved
75 Finlay Street, London, SW6 6HF
Replacement of existing timber conservatory roof and frames with new uPVC frames and roof…
2023/02115/FUL
2023
49 Finlay Street, London, SW6 6HF
Mimosa (T1) - rear garden - reduce canopy back by approx 2m from tips and crown clean
2023/02436/TREE
2023 Approved
67 Finlay Street, London, SW6 6HF
Erection of a rear extension at second floor level over part of the existing back additio…
2023/01648/FUL
2023 Approved
43 Finlay Street, London, SW6 6HE
Erection of a single storey outbuilding in the rear garden.
2023/01750/CLP
2023
58 Finlay Street, London, SW6 6HB
(T1) - Bay(Laurus nobilis) - rear garden - reduce height of all stems by 50% to RETAIN 6m…
2023/02153/TREE
2023 Approved
49 Ellerby Street, London, SW6 6EU
Erection of a single storey side infill extension, including a boiler cupboard; installat…
2023/01387/FUL
2023
Bridge Academy Finlay Street London SW6 6HB
Removal of existing chainlink and trellis extensions above the timber fence, and erection…
2023/00775/FUL
2017 Approved
77 Ellerby Street London SW6 6EU
Rear Garden. Horse Chestnut, crown reduce by 2-3m to previous reduction points.
2017/00508/TREE
2017 Approved
75 Ellerby Street London SW6 6EU
Rear Garden. Strawberry Tree, crown reduce by 20%.
2017/00533/TREE
2016 Approved
Garden Flat And Ground Floor 11 Greswell Street London SW6 6PR
Excavation of front garden and part of rear garden to form lightwells, in connection with…
2016/03164/FUL
2016 Approved
58 Finlay Street London SW6 6HB
Rear garden. T1) Bay x 1, reduce the height by 2.5 - 3m, reduce the lateral spread all ro…
2016/00759/TREE
2016 Approved
57 Ellerby Street London SW6 6EU
Erection of a single storey rear extension, infilling between the existing rear extension…
2016/00224/FUL
Hammersmith and Fulham
Planning Authority Score
3.7/10
Below average
#210 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Hammersmith and Fulham is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #281 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 63% 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 99% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

Among the slowest councils in England
for householder decisions
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Hammersmith and Fulham decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
95%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #20 of 296
99%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #4 of 296
33%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #281 of 296
63%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #275 of 296
97%
Minor dwellings approved
209 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
1 decided (10+ homes)
92%
Change of use approved
37 decided
1,321
Total decisions
60 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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