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7 St John's Road Wimbledon SW19 4PH

24/T3246Tree(s) in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 16 December 2024

Council decision: Tree Works ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

REAR GARDEN: HOLLY - TO BE REMOVED (APPLICANT PLANS TO REPLACE THIS WITH NEW LAUREL HEDGE).

Received
8 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hillside
  1. Received8 Nov
  2. Validated18 Nov
  3. Consult.11 Dec
  4. Target11 Dec
  5. Decided16 Dec

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 7 St John's Road Wimbledon SW19 4PH. 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 has been 1 other application 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 4PH
Application type
Tree(s) in a Conservation Area
Development type
Development monitoring information not needed
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 November 2024
Consultation expiry
11 December 2024
Consultation start
18 November 2024
Consultation end
11 December 2024
Last date for comments
11 December 2024
Target decision date
11 December 2024
Application expires
20 December 2024
Permission expires
16 December 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period
32 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    10 Jan

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY OUTBUILDING IN REAR GARDEN

    ApprovedFull Planning Permission24/P0086

Source: Merton

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