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2025/01972/TREE - Works to Tree(s) in Conservation Area REGISTERED: Pending recommendation
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

I have a single large Lime tree in the Rear Garden of my property, 37 Cromwell Grove,W6 7RQ, and I am seeking approval to pollard this tree back to its original pollarding points. The tree requires pollarding every 3 years for two reasons: first, the health of the tree itself; and second, because the tree blocks out sunlight to my own and neighbouring gardens to an extent that is unreasonable and disruptive. I have owned the property since 2007, and have used professional tree surgeons to pollard this tree regularly (with appropriate permissions) and it is now due to be pollarded again (previous application September 2022). I am submitting as part of this application a sketch showing the position of the tree, its foliage and the negative impact on sunlight to neighbouring gardens. I have used this same sketch in successful applications for pollarding in the past. Thank you in advance. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
16 Jul 2025
Decision
Target date was 10 Sept 2025

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 6 Nov 2026; it is now day 478.

Documents 3

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TREE Decision · 17 Jul 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF 37 CROMWELL GROVE TREE POLLARDING PLANNING APPLICATION SKETCH PLAN Drawing · 16 Jul 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form Redacted · 16 Jul 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

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 ↗
Melrose 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 785 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is 785 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
Inside the Hammersmith and Fulham built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6a (excellent), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
Not green belt · No listed building at the site · 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.

Sales history 3

Last sold for £1,476,222 in August 2007. Terraced house, freehold.

9 August 2007£1,476,222
8 February 2001£807,500
31 July 1998£575,000

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

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Important details

Council
Hammersmith and Fulham
Application type
Works to Tree(s) in Conservation Area
Postcode
W6 7RQ
Received
16 Jul 2025
Validated
16 Jul 2025
Ward
Addison
Case officer
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Decision outlook

Day 478, 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 2 Nov 2026.

Day 478422 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
27 Aug 2025

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2022
I have a single large Lime tree in the Rear Garden of my property, 37 Cromwell Grove, and…
2022/02578/TREE
2019 Approved
Erection of a single storey rear extension, including alterations to existing single stor…
2019/02872/FUL
2019 Approved
Erection of a rear extension at first floor level, on top of the existing back addition.
2019/02878/FUL
2019
Rear garden. Lime, pollard back to its original pollarding points.
2019/02740/TREE
2018 Approved
Rear garden T1 Lime - to pollard this tree back to its original pollarding points.
2018/00351/TREE
Within ~100m

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2016 Approved
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Hammersmith and Fulham
Planning Authority Score
3.7/10
Below average
#210 of 296 councils
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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.

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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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use