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Regency Place 8 The Drive West Wimbledon London SW20 8TG

15/T4237Tree(s) in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 14 December 2015

Council decision: Tree Works ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

REAR GARDEN: OPTION 1 - NORWAY MAPLE TO BE REMOVED; CONSENT REFUSED ON GROUNDS OF BEING DETRIMENTAL TO THE CHARACTER & APPEARANCE OF THE CONSERVATION AREA & LOSS OF PUBLIC AMENITY. OPTION 2 - CROWN REDUCE BY 25 - 30% (4 METRES OFF HEIGHT & 2-3 METRES OFF WIDTH). HOLM OAK TO BE FELLED. SYCAMORE TO HAVE 3 LOW LIMBS REMOVED AND CLEAN EPICORMIC SHOOTS OFF TRUNK.

Received
5 November 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Raynes Park
  1. Received5 Nov
  2. Validated18 Nov
  3. Consult.9 Dec
  4. Target3 Dec
  5. Decided14 Dec

Decided in 26 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Regency Place 8 The Drive West Wimbledon London SW20 8TG. Merton has handled 847 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker than Merton's typical decision time. The site is in the Wimbledon West conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 145 applications across Raynes Park. We hold 1,803 applications in total for the SW20 postcode area.

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

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Application details

Postcode
SW20 8TG
Application type
Tree(s) in a Conservation Area
Development type
Development monitoring information not needed
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 November 2015
Consultation expiry
9 December 2015
Consultation start
18 November 2015
Consultation end
9 December 2015
Last date for comments
9 December 2015
Target decision date
3 December 2015
Application expires
17 December 2015
Permission expires
14 December 2018

Planning decision

Statutory period
29 days

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Wimbledon West
  • 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 (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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Merton

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