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PA/26/01215/NC - Works Related to Tree Preservation Order Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T1 - Lime tree located in the front garden: Reduce the height and spread by 2m, thin the crown by 15%, remove deadwood, and crown lift to 5m. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
16 Jul 2026
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Consultation
3 Aug 2026
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Approved
26 Aug 2026

Approved on 26 Aug 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 30 Aug 2026

Documents 5

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF OFFICERS REPORT Delegated Report · 26 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF DECISION_NOTICE Decision Notice · 26 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 16 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF SITE PHOTOS Photo · 16 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF SITE MAP OS Extract · 16 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 10

Victoria 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: Tower Hamlets 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 ↗
Protected tree 8 m away: Common Lime (Tilia Europaea), order 0000_03
4 protected trees within 15 m. Named in a tree preservation order: work to it, its roots included, needs the council's consent first.
Root protection areas reach up to 15 m from a large tree, so an extension or new foundations this close usually needs a tree survey. Only some councils publish their single trees, and a position can be approximate: the order at the council is the definitive record, and no tree shown is not proof there is none.
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Tree record ↗
9 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: The former London Chest Hospital, the south wing of 1863-5 and sanitary tower of 1890-2, together with the Victorian gas lamp, dwarf wall, railings and entrance gates, Grade II, 44 m away · 8 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
Scheduled monument 217 m away: Bonner Hall Bridge, Regent's Canal; Heritage at risk 46 m away: The former London Chest Hospital, Bonner Road, Bethnal Green E2; National infrastructure project 1727 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel; Registered park or garden 242 m away: Victoria Park; Inside the Tower Hamlets built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 5 (very good), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 6 October 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
Tower Hamlets
Application type
Works Related to Tree Preservation Order
Postcode
E2 9LY
Received
16 Jul 2026
Validated
16 Jul 2026
Ward
Bethnal Green West
Case officer
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Target decision
10 Sept 2026
Decision
Permit
Decision date
26 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
CSG Ushers Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 41 days from validation, about the council's usual 41 days. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.

97%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
97decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
24 Aug 2026
Site or press notice
3 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
10 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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Within ~100m

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Tower Hamlets
Planning Authority Score
3.9/10
Below average
#201 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Tower Hamlets is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #207 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
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Tower Hamlets decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
84%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #229 of 296
92%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #167 of 296
56%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #207 of 296
42%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #167 of 296
63%
Minor dwellings approved
52 decided (1-9 homes)
80%
Major dwellings approved
15 decided (10+ homes)
55%
Change of use approved
67 decided
998
Total decisions
164 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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