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21 Morden Hall Road Morden Surrey SM4 5JD

25/T0636Tree(s) in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 7 April 2025

Council decision: Tree Works ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

CHERRY - REMOVE WEEPING ASH - REMOVE REPLACE WITH 9 X TREES

Received
26 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Helier
  1. Received26 Feb
  2. Validated6 Mar
  3. Consult.29 Mar
  4. Target26 Mar
  5. Decided7 Apr

Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 21 Morden Hall Road Morden Surrey SM4 5JD. Merton has handled 847 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Merton's typical decision time. The site is in the Wandle Valley conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 64 applications across St Helier. We hold 679 applications in total for the SM4 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
SM4 5JD
Application type
Tree(s) in a Conservation Area
Development type
Development monitoring information not needed
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 March 2025
Consultation expiry
29 March 2025
Consultation start
6 March 2025
Consultation end
29 March 2025
Last date for comments
29 March 2025
Target decision date
26 March 2025
Application expires
9 April 2025
Permission expires
7 April 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
34 days

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Wandle Valley
  • Registered park and garden: Morden Hall Park

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.

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

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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