18 Ernle Road West Wimbledon SW20 0HJ
Proposal
Rear garden: large mature Oak tree located in no.18 and adjacent to the boundary with no.16 - to reduce canopy overhanging the garden by removing the lower 2-3 branches.
- Received
- 27 May 2022
- Decided
- 12 July 2022 · Tree Work application not determined in 6 weeks
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Merton
- Ward
- Village, Village_historic
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- ReceivedSubmitted27 May
- ValidatedValidated31 May
- Consult.Consultation27 May
- TargetTarget Date24 Jun
- DecidedDecided12 Jul
Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)
This is a tree application at 18 Ernle Road West Wimbledon SW20 0HJ. 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 46 days, 6 days longer than Merton's median. The site is in the Wool Road conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,761 applications in total for the SW20 postcode area.
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Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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)
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