Academy Gardens, Duchess Of Bedford's Walk, LONDON, W8 7QQ

ARB/08/00886ARB (Tree applications)Permitted

Proposal

FELL 1 x Horse Chestnut (near main entrance) and prune 2 x Black Poplar, 1 x Catalpa and 1 x London Plane (front).

Received: 10 October 2008
Decided: 13 November 2008 · Raise No Objection
Council: Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Ward: Campden

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

ReceivedSubmitted10 Oct
ValidatedValidated10 Oct
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date21 Nov
DecidedDecided13 Nov

Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Kensington98% of trees applications approved

This is a tree application at Academy Gardens, Duchess Of Bedford's Walk, LONDON, W8 7QQ. Kensington has handled 1,535 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 30 days. This one was decided in 34 days, 4 days longer than Kensington's median. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 112 applications across Campden. We hold 2,691 applications in total for the W8 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference

ARB/08/00886

Address

Academy Gardens, Duchess Of Bedford's Walk, LONDON, W8 7QQ

Postcode

W8 7QQ

Local Authority

Kensington

Application Type

ARB (Tree applications)

Scale / Size

Small

Decision Status

Permitted

Current Status

Decided

Ward

Campden

Parish

District

Kensington

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address

Larkhall Park Depot Larkhall Lane Off Courtland Grove LONDON SW8 2PX

Planning Application Dates

Date Received

17 October 2008

Target Decision Date

21 November 2008

Date Decided

13 November 2008

Date Validated

10 October 2008

Date Submitted

10 October 2008

Planning Decision

Decision

Raise No Objection

Statutory Period

35 days

Publicity

Appeal

Appeal Result

Awaiting decision

Additional Information

Coordinates

51.503162, -0.197637

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Kensington

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Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

Planning constraints

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: Kensington
Listed building: Grade II: Queen Elizabeth College and Queen Mary HallOn or next to this site
Article 4 direction: Article 4 - No 100
Tree Preservation Order
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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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