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4 Ernle Road Wimbledon SW20 0HJ

25/T2724Tree(s) in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 21 October 2025

Council decision: Tree Works ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - BEECH- 2-3M CROWN REDUCTION BACK TO PREVIOUS PRUNING POINTS T2 - PURPLE PLUM - THIN AND TIDY CROWN

Received
17 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Village
  1. Received17 Sep
  2. Validated19 Sep
  3. Consult.12 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Oct

Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 4 Ernle Road Wimbledon SW20 0HJ. Merton has handled 847 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 3 weeks quicker than Merton's typical decision time. The site is in the Wool Road conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 406 applications across Village. We hold 1,803 applications in total for the SW20 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
SW20 0HJ
Application type
Tree(s) in a Conservation Area
Development type
Development monitoring information not needed
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 September 2025
Consultation expiry
12 October 2025
Consultation start
19 September 2025
Consultation end
12 October 2025
Last date for comments
12 October 2025
Application expires
29 October 2025
Permission expires
21 October 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
40 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: Wool Road
  • 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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© 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.

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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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