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St Barnabas Church Pitshanger Lane Ealing W5 1QG

253733PTTWorks to a tree with a TPOApproved

Approved on 31 October 2025

Council decision: Grant with Conditions

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Proposal

T1 Common Lime Reduce all aspects of the crown by approx. 2.5-3m. Thin by 10%. Remove deadwood and crossing branches. Shape to suit. T2 Hawthorn Reduce all aspects of the crown back to previous points of reduction, approx. 2m. T3 Ash Reduce all aspects of the crown by approx. 2.5-3m. Remove deadwood and crossing branches. T4 Sweet Chestnut Remove major deadwood throughout whole crown area. (Deadwood > 25mm in diameter). Remove epicormic growth on the main trunk. Thin by 10%. T5 Common Horse Chestnut Reduce all aspects of the crown by approx. 2-2.5m. Thin by 10%. Remove deadwood and crossing branches. T6 Laurel Reduce dead sections back to live growth. Reduce both the sides by 1.5-2.m to reduce the weight and stress on the tree. Remove large limb resting on the floor. T7 Hawthorn Selectively reduce branches to rebalance the tree and reduce any overlong shoots to create a more balanced shape T8 Poplar x 2 Re-pollard back to previous pollard points. T9 Field Maple Reduce all aspects of the crown by approx. 2-2.5m. Thin by 10%. Remove deadwood and crossing branches. T10 Sycamore Reduce all aspects of the crown by approx. 2-2.5m. Thin by 10%. Remove deadwood and crossing branches. Sever Ivy at the base. T11 Common Lime Reduce all aspects of the crown by approx. 2-2.5m. Thin by 10%. Remove deadwood and crossing branches. Sever Ivy at the base. T12 Hawthorn Crown lift to provide 5m clearance from ground level on the path side. T13 Poplar Re-pollard back to previous pollard points.

Received
26 September 2025
Ward
Pitshanger
Agent
Tom Boswell Tree Services Ltd
  1. Received26 Sep
  2. Validated26 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target21 Nov
  5. Decided31 Oct

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Barnabas Church Pitshanger Lane Ealing W5 1QG. Ealing has handled 752 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than Ealing's typical decision time. The site is in the Brentham Garden Estate conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Pitshanger. We hold 1,985 applications in total for the W5 postcode area.

98% of trees applications at London Borough of Ealing were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
W5 1QG
Application type
Works to a tree with a TPO
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 September 2025
Target decision date
21 November 2025
Permission expires
31 October 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Tom Boswell Tree Services Ltd
Agent address
18 Warren Close Fleet GU52 7LT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14363173
Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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