Preparatory School Wilbourforce House 17 Camp Road Wimbledon London SW19 4UN

15/T0047Tree(s) in a Conservation AreaPending Decision

Proposal

GROUNDS OF SCHOOL; 1 X RED OAK TO BE CROWN REDUCED IN HEIGHT BY 2 METRES AND BY 4 METRES SPREAD. 5 X LIME TREES TO RE-POLLARDED. LIME TREE TO HAVE 1 STEM REMOVED. WILD CHERRY TO HAVE DECAYED EASTERN STEM REMOVED. LIME TREE TO BE CROWN THINNED AS SPECIFIED IN SUBMITTED TREE SURVEY RECOMMENDATIONS. SCOTS PINE TREE TO HAVE 1 STEM WITH DECAY REMOVED.

Received: 23 December 2014
Decided: 9 February 2015 · Tree Work application not determined in 6 weeks
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Merton
Ward: Village_historic

Approximate site (title boundary)

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ReceivedSubmitted23 Dec
ValidatedValidated7 Jan
Consult.Consultation28 Jan
TargetTarget Date28 Jan
DecidedDecided9 Feb

Decided in 33 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Merton98% of trees applications approved

This is a tree application at Preparatory School Wilbourforce House 17 Camp Road Wimbledon London SW19 4UN. Merton has handled 847 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 40 days. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days longer than Merton's median. The site is in the Wimbledon West conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,435 applications in total for the SW19 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference

15/T0047

Address

Preparatory School Wilbourforce House 17 Camp Road Wimbledon London SW19 4UN

Postcode

SW19 4UN

Local Authority

Merton

Application Type

Tree(s) in a Conservation Area

Development Type

Development monitoring information not needed

Scale / Size

Small

Decision Status

Unresolved

Current Status

FINAL DECISION

Ward

Village_historic

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received

23 December 2014

Consultation Expiry

28 January 2015

Target Decision Date

28 January 2015

Date Decided

9 February 2015

Date Validated

7 January 2015

Date Submitted

23 December 2014

Consultation Start

7 January 2015

Consultation End

28 January 2015

Last Date for Comments

28 January 2015

Application Expires

3 February 2015

Committee Meeting

12 February 2015

Permission Expires

9 February 2018

Planning Decision

Decision

Tree Work application not determined in 6 weeks

Decided By

Delegated

Statutory Period

27 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Coordinates

51.426308, -0.231718

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Merton

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Planning history at this site

4 other applications at this property, newest first.

Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Wimbledon West
Listed building: Grade II: William Wilberforce SchoolOn this site
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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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