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25 Barham Road West Wimbledon London SW20 0ES

22/T1100Tree(s) in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 3 May 2022

Council decision: Tree Works ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Rear garden: smaller Oak tree (standing in front of larger, more dominant, Oak tree) is in decline - significant proportion of upeer branches dead and posing a danger to occupants of no. 68 Drax Avenue - to be removed.

Received
24 March 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Village_historic
  1. Received24 Mar
  2. Validated12 Apr
  3. Consult.24 Mar
  4. Target21 Apr
  5. Decided3 May

Decided in 21 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 25 Barham Road West Wimbledon London SW20 0ES. Merton has handled 847 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Merton's typical decision time. The site is in the Drax Avenue conservation area. There have been 10 other applications at this address. We hold 1,801 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 0ES
Application type
Tree(s) in a Conservation Area
Development type
Development monitoring information not needed
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 April 2022
Last date for comments
24 March 2022
Target decision date
21 April 2022
Application expires
5 May 2022
Permission expires
3 May 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
23 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: Drax Avenue
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Drax Avenue
  • 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, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2022
    25 Mar

    APPLICATION FOR VARIATION OF CONDITION 2 ATTACHED TO LBM PLANNING APPLICATION 21/P3524

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)Filed alongside22/P0993
  2. 2022
    24 Mar

    Rear garden: smaller Oak tree (standing in front of larger, more dominant, Oak tree) is in decline…

    This applicationApprovedTrees22/T1100

Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2022
    28 Sep

    Foot of rear garden: Fell Lawson Cypress tree. Tree to be replaced as part of garden relandscaping with one…

    ApprovedTree(s) in a Conservation Area22/T3030
  2. 2022
    20 Sep

    Foot of rear garden: Removal of dead Lawson Cypress tree.

    ApprovedTree(s) in a Conservation Area22/T2837
  3. 2022
    1 Aug

    APPLICATION FOR VARIATION OF CONDITION 2 (APPROVED PLANS) ATTACHED TO LBM PLANNING APPLICATIONS 21/P3524

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)22/P2348
  4. 2022
    14 Mar

    APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 7 ATTACHED TO LBM PLANNING PERMISSION 21/P3524

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions22/P0832
  5. 2022
    2 Feb

    Front garden: Oak tree to have a crown reduction of 3m to leave canopy spread of 6m. The branches of the tree…

    ApprovedTree(s) in a Conservation Area22/T0445
  6. 2021
    22 Dec

    APPLICATION FOR REMOVAL OF CONDITION 4 ATTACHED TO LBM PLANNING APPLICATION 21/P3524

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)21/P4520

Source: Merton

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