20 Wool Road, London SW20 0HW
Proposal
Rear : Boundary of 18 & 20 Wool Road. Chestnut tree - Remove dead wood. Lightly crown reduce live wood by up to 1 metre on lateral branches, to balance crown
- Received
- 5 October 2022
- Decided
- 14 November 2022 · Tree Works Approved
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Merton
- Ward
- Village
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- ReceivedSubmitted5 Oct
- ValidatedValidated11 Oct
- Consult.Consultation3 Nov
- TargetTarget Date2 Nov
- DecidedDecided14 Nov
Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)
This is a tree application at 20 WOOL ROAD, LONDON SW20 0HW. 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 40 days. The site is in the Wool Road conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 376 applications across Village. We hold 1,761 applications in total for the SW20 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202322 Feb
Rear Boundary with Cannizaro Park : Oak tree in Cannizaro - trim back branches overhanging boundary from park.
ApprovedTree(s) in a Conservation Area23/T0537 - 202225 Apr
Rear garden: Bay - Crown reduce by up to 1 metre; Crown thin by 20% to increase light to under canopy. Mixed…
ApprovedTree(s) in a Conservation Area22/T1275 - 201520 Feb
ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION, A TWO STOREY SIDE/REAR EXTENSION AND A REAR ROOF EXTENSION…
ApprovedFull Planning Permission15/P0742
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Wool Road+1 more
- 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 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.
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