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Benedict Primary School Church Road Mitcham Surrey CR4 3BE

24/T3575Tree(s) in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 20 January 2025

Council decision: Tree Works ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T3 - WILD CHERRY REDUCE CROWN BY 30% AND REMOVE MAJOR DEAD WOOD. T4 - TREE OF HEAVEN REMOVE MINOR DEAD WOOD. T5 - NORWAY MAPLE REMOVE MINOR DEAD WOOD. T14 - CRACK WILLOW REMOVE MINOR DEAD WOOD AND REMOVE LOW HANGING BRANCHES. T21 - COMMON LIME REMOVE MINOR DEAD WOOD. T22 - GOLDEN ROBINIA REMOVE MINOR DEAD WOOD. T29 - GOLDEN ROBINIA RAISE LOW CANOPY TO 4 METRES. T31 - NORWAY MAPLE RAISE LOW CANOPY TO 4 METRES. TG8 - ELDER, HAWTHORN, DOGWOOD, FIELD MAPLE AND SELF-SET OF TREE OF HEAVEN CUT BACK GROWTH GROWING THROUGH THE BOUNDARY FENCE BACK TO BOUNDARY LINE ON THE FOOTWAY SIDE AND CROWN LIFT TREES OVERHANGING ON THE PUBLIC FOOTWAY TO 3 METRES.

Received
11 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cricket Green
  1. Received11 Dec
  2. Validated19 Dec
  3. Consult.11 Jan
  4. Target8 Jan
  5. Decided20 Jan

Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Benedict Primary School Church Road Mitcham Surrey CR4 3BE. Merton has handled 847 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Merton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 102 applications across Cricket Green. We hold 877 applications in total for the CR4 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
CR4 3BE
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 2024
Consultation expiry
11 January 2025
Consultation start
19 December 2024
Consultation end
11 January 2025
Last date for comments
11 January 2025
Target decision date
8 January 2025
Application expires
22 January 2025
Permission expires
20 January 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
34 days

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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

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.

Source: Merton

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