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5 Dunstall Road West Wimbledon London SW20 0HS

22/T0099Tree(s) in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved

Council decision: Tree Works ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Rear garden: Cherry tree to immediate rear of property to be removed as the tree is damaged and is a poor pecimen. 2 x Yew trees locatd at th bottom of the garden to be removed as they are suppressing an adjacent Oak tree and a neighbours Plane tree. (To be replaced). Yew tree located further along rear boundary to be removed as it is taking light from the garden (to be replaced). twin stemmed Cherry tree alongside boundary to be removed as one stem is dead and the other is badly affected by canker.

Received
7 January 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Village_historic
  1. Received7 Jan
  2. Validated11 Jan
  3. Consult.7 Jan
  4. Target4 Feb
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a tree application at 5 Dunstall Road West Wimbledon London SW20 0HS. Merton has handled 847 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 7 January 2022 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Wool Road conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. 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 0HS
Application type
Tree(s) in a Conservation Area
Development type
Development monitoring information not needed
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 January 2022
Last date for comments
7 January 2022
Application expires
18 February 2022
Permission expires
16 February 2025

Planning decision

Decision
Tree Works Approved
Statutory period
38 days

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Wool Road
  • 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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