76 Bushy Park Road Teddington TW11 9DG Data via plota.co.uk

PA26/3263 - Works to Tree/s in Conservation Area Recommendation under review

Proposal

For the purposes of both tree health and avoiding any nuisance to our neighbours from overlapping branches and light reduction, we wish to do the following works to 2 trees in our garden: Crown reduction to reduce the spread of the Silver Birch Tree from c 8m to 6m (height reduction by 2m from c12m to a maximum height of approx 10m) as shown as #1 near the rear boundary wall of our property in the attached plan. We also wish to remove a damaged 2.5 meter branch which is growing over our fence into the neighbour's property at 26 Fairfax Road. The branch comes out of the smaller right-hand of the 2 stems (viewed from our house) which grow from the trunk of the tree at 1m height. The smaller stem has a 15cm diameter at 1.5m above ground, and is below the main crown so will not constitute crown lifting. We will also want to do up to 20% crown thinning of the tree. For the Hawthorn Tree shown in the plan as #2 on the left hand side of our rear garden, We wish to undertake crown thinning of up to 20% and crown reduction of up to 1m, reducing the spread of the tree to c 2.5m and the maximum height to 3m once all stray shoots have been removed. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
22 Sept 2026
✓
Validated
28 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 3 Nov 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 25 Oct 2026 and 2 Nov 2026, from Richmond upon Thames's recent tree and landscaping works.

Site constraints 6

Wick 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: Richmond 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.
Also on the record
SSSI 218 m away: Bushy Park and Home Park SSSI; Registered park or garden 220 m away: Bushy Park; Inside the Richmond upon Thames built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 29 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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 £210,000 in March 1998. Semi-detached house, freehold.

27 March 1998£210,000

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

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Important details

Application type
Works to Tree/s in Conservation Area
Postcode
TW11 9DG
Received
22 Sept 2026
Validated
28 Sept 2026
Ward
Hampton Wick & South Teddington Ward [HPK]
Case officer
Show
Target decision
3 Nov 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 7 of the 56-day target. Richmond upon Thames usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 31.

Day 749 days to the 56-day target
97%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
705decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14369867
Richmond upon Thames
Planning Authority Score
4.4/10
Below average
#182 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Richmond upon Thames ranks #130 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Richmond upon Thames is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 82% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 82% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Richmond upon Thames decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
81%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #257 of 296
82%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #268 of 296
69%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #130 of 296
35%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #104 of 296
68%
Minor dwellings approved
181 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
3 decided (10+ homes)
47%
Change of use approved
17 decided
1,888
Total decisions
358 refused in the year to March 2026

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