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8A Richborne Terrace London Lambeth SW8 1AU

24/02733/TCAApproval for works to trees in CAApproved

Approved on 23 September 2024

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Back Garden: T1 Magnolia (height 8m) - Crown reduction to decrease the current height and spread of the tree by up to 2.5 meters, in addition to the removal of the three lowest lateral branches that extend over the neighbouring back garden.

Received
31 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Oval
  1. Received31 Aug
  2. Validated2 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Oct
  5. Decided23 Sep

Decided in 21 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 8A Richborne Terrace London Lambeth SW8 1AU. Lambeth has handled 435 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 5 weeks quicker than Lambeth's typical decision time. The site is in the St Marks conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across Oval. We hold 1,525 applications in total for the SW8 postcode area.

94% of trees applications at London Borough of Lambeth were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SW8 1AU
Application type
Approval for works to trees in CA
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 September 2024
Target decision date
14 October 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: St Marks
  • Article 4 direction: St MarksPart of the site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 75Protected tree on or next to this site
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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Source: Lambeth

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