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16 Murray Road Wimbledon Village SW19 4PB

23/T3534Tree(s) in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 15 January 2024

Council decision: Tree Works ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Cherry Laurel - Reduce height 2m and width by 1m T2 Cherry Laurel - Reduce height by 1.5m and width by 1m. T3&4 Apple - Reduce crown back to previous points of reduction (approximately 1m off crown) and thin crown by 20%. T5 Acer - Reduce protruding stems by 1m back into main crown-line. T6 Young Oak - Historically maintained as a low pollard. Reduce height by 4m. T7 Holm Oak - Reduce side overhanging garden by 1.5-2m. T8 Red Oak - Reduce crown by 3-4m. T9 Tree Cotoneaster - Reduce crown by 1-1.5m

Received
8 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hillside
  1. Received8 Dec
  2. Validated19 Dec
  3. Consult.11 Jan
  4. Target5 Jan
  5. Decided15 Jan

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 16 Murray Road Wimbledon Village SW19 4PB. Merton has handled 847 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than Merton's typical decision time. The site is in the Wimbledon West conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 158 applications across Hillside. We hold 2,558 applications in total for the SW19 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
SW19 4PB
Application type
Tree(s) in a Conservation Area
Development type
Development monitoring information not needed
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 December 2023
Consultation expiry
11 January 2024
Consultation start
19 December 2023
Consultation end
11 January 2024
Last date for comments
11 January 2024
Target decision date
5 January 2024
Application expires
19 January 2024
Permission expires
15 January 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period
31 days

Additional information

Documents
3

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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© 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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