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Rutlish School Watery Lane Wimbledon SW20 9AD

25/T2777Tree(s) in a Conservation AreaPermitted

Proposal

T535 (OAK)- FELL T536 (OAK) - REDUCE ALL ASPECTS BY 2-3M T697 (WHITEBEAM) - FELL TO GROUND LEVEL / SECTION DISMANTLE T538 (YEW) - FELL DEAD TREE / SECTION DISMANTLE T706 (BIRCH)- REDUCE ALL ASPECTS BY 2-3M T714 (NORWAY MAPLE) - REDUCE ALL ASPECTS BY 3-4M T694 (WHITEBEAM) - FELL T537 ASH - FELL ALDER (OFF SPEC) - CLOSE TO T694 : REDUCE HEIGHT BY 3M AND PRUNE LATERALS 2M OFF SPEC DEAD ELDER AND HAWTHORNE - FELL

Received
22 September 2025
Decided
3 November 2025 · Tree Works Approved
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Merton Park
Approximate site (title boundary)
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  1. Received22 Sep
  2. Validated25 Sep
  3. Consult.18 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Nov

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Merton98% of trees applications approved

This is a tree application at Rutlish School Watery Lane Wimbledon SW20 9AD. Merton has handled 847 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 40 days. This one was decided in 42 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 122 applications across Merton Park. We hold 1,761 applications in total for the SW20 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
25/T2777
Address
Rutlish School Watery Lane Wimbledon SW20 9AD
Postcode
SW20 9AD
Local Authority
Merton
Application Type
Tree(s) in a Conservation Area
Development Type
Development monitoring information not needed
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
FINAL DECISION
Ward
Merton Park

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
22 September 2025
Consultation Expiry
18 October 2025
Date Decided
3 November 2025
Date Validated
25 September 2025
Date Submitted
22 September 2025
Consultation Start
25 September 2025
Consultation End
18 October 2025
Last Date for Comments
18 October 2025
Application Expires
3 November 2025
Permission Expires
3 November 2028

Planning Decision

Decision
Tree Works Approved
Decided By
Delegated
Statutory Period
39 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
5
Coordinates
51.408170, -0.207356
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Merton

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: John Innes (Merton Park)Part of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Flint BarnOn or next to this site
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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 2026-10-09. 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.

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