Open Space Centre Of Chester Square London SW1W 9HS Data via plota.co.uk
25/05779/TDD - Trees Dead, Dangerous
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Removal of x1 dead crab apple Data via plota.co.uk
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Received
14 Aug 2025
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Approved
21 Aug 2025
Approved on 21 Aug 2025 · Last checked 1 Nov 2026
Site constraints 10
Registered park or garden: The Grosvenor Estate: Chester Square
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.
Belgravia 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.
Article 4 direction
Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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: W9_A1
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: City of Westminster APA 3.2
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: Westminster 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.
National infrastructure project 457 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is 457 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, the site is inside its boundary).
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.
19 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: 14-23, Chester Square Sw1, Grade II, 22 m away · 2 Grade II*, 17 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.
Show all 19 with distances
- 22 m14-23, Chester Square Sw1Grade II
- 23 m46-63 Chester Square Including No. 39 Eccleston StreetGrade II
- 25 m24-32, Chester Square Sw1Grade II
- 64 m25-33, Eccleston Street Sw1Grade II
- 69 m65-76, Chester Square Sw1Grade II
- 74 m1-13, Chester Square Sw1Grade II
- 75 mNos 24 and 24a to 48 (consecutive) including Nos 72 and 72a Elizabeth StreetGrade II*
- 76 m58-70, Ebury Street Sw1Grade II
- 82 m24-32, Eccleston Street Sw1Grade II
- 94 m78-94, Ebury Street Sw1Grade II
- 98 m37-39, Chester Square Sw1Grade II
- 99 m42-45, CHESTER SQUARE SW1 (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 102 mChurch of St MichaelGrade II
- 104 m8 to 23 Eaton Square including 57 Lower Belgrave StreetGrade II*
- 110 m91-109, Ebury Street Sw1Grade II
- 123 m96-114, EBURY STREET SW1 (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 136 m50-58, Elizabeth Street Sw1Grade II
- 138 m117-133, Ebury Street Sw1Grade II
- 147 m38a-42, Elizabeth Street Sw1Grade II
Also on the record
Inside the City of Westminster built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6b (excellent), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site
Checked on 1 November 2026. 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
- Westminster
- Application type
- Trees Dead, Dangerous
- Postcode
- SW1W 9HS
- Received
- 14 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 14 Aug 2025
- Ward
- Knightsbridge & Belgravia
- Case officer
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- Decision
- Dead dangerous replacement required
- Decision date
- 21 Aug 2025
- Applicant
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How this decision compares
Decided in 7 days from validation, 28 days faster than Westminster's median of 35 for tree works. Approved, as 100% of tree works here are.
This one7d
Council35d
UK36d
78%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
738decided in the last year
Plota live figures for tree works decided by Westminster in the last twelve months, from validation. Westminster decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 1 Nov 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
47 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
This property
Previous applications at this address
2025
Withdrawn
1 x crab apple (T162): Fell
2024
1 x crab apple (T126): Fell 1 x London plane (T131): Lift low canopy - Highways clearance…
2024
Approved
1 x Sorbus x thuringiaca (T157): fell
2023
Approved
1 x dead tree (T100173): Fell and pull out stump to facilitate new tree planting.
2022
Approved
1 x London plane (T159): Remove Massaria affected branch at 10 m to SW over footpath.
2021
Approved
2 x common lime trees (T164 & T183): remove epicormic growth from base
2020
Approved
South west garden 1 x London plane (T151): Lift low canopy to 3 m over internal footpaths.
2020
Approved
1 x London plane (T177): Reduce crown ( height and branch length) by approximately 2m to…
2019
Withdrawn
1 x London plane ( T177): Reduce crown by approximately 2-3m to suitable growth points to…
2020
Approved
1 x whitebeam (T163 opposite 63 Chester Square): Fell
2019
Withdrawn
Sorbus aria (Whitebeam) - T163:FLG Fell - Ground Level:- due to fungi present and decline…
2019
Approved
1 x Tree of Heaven T134: Reduce crown approximately 2-3m or back to previous reduction po…
2018
Approved
T136 - 1 x Japanese Cherry 'Kanzan' Prune back by 1m from adjacent newly planted plane tr…
2018
T136 - Cerasus serrulata 'Kanzan' Japanese Cherry 'Kanzan' - Prune back - adjacent compet…
2018
Approved
1 x London plane T158 Lift lower extremities to 6m over road, all cuts made to suitable g…
2017
Approved
T133 - Prunus sp. (cherry sp.) - Lift canopy to 3m over pavementT139 - Malus sylvestris (…
2017
Withdrawn
T159 - Platanus x hispanica London Plane - Deadwood - Remove - and remove live growth wit…
2017
Approved
1 x London Plane T177- Reduce height and lateral branch length by approximately 3m, retai…
2017
Approved
1 x Prunus cerasifera 'Nigra' (G146) and 1 x Prunus cerasifera 'Pissardii' (T161): Remova…
2016
Approved
1 x Sycamore (127) - Crown reduction of up to 2.5m in height and up to 2m radially (appro…
2016
Approved
Pruning as per attached specification
2016
Approved
South West Garden 1 x Malus sp. (Apple sp. T139): Remove damaged section of branch over r…
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Variation of conditon1 of listed building consent dated 29 October 2020 (RN: 20/05756/LBC…
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Creation of a new access to the roof and replacement perimeter fence at roof level.
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Installation of air condenser unit at roof level (linked to 21/03474/LBC).
Westminster
Planning Authority Score
3.5/10
Below average
#221 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions
Westminster is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #258 out of 296. Only 28% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Westminster is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 81% approved vs 90% nationally.
One of the strictest councils
only 81% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application.
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Westminster decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
86%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #201 of 296
81%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #277 of 296
44%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #258 of 296
28%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #46 of 296
83%
Minor dwellings approved
12 decided (1-9 homes)
67%
Major dwellings approved
3 decided (10+ homes)
81%
Change of use approved
133 decided
4,602
Total decisions
648 refused in the year to March 2026
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
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