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Kings College School Southside Common Wimbledon SW19 4TT

25/T2948Tree WorkApproved

Approved on 24 November 2025

Council decision: Tree Works ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

ALONG ACCESS ROAD: 8 x LIME TREES AND 9 PLANES - REDUCE BACK TO PREVIOUS POINS (APPROX 3 METRES)

Received
2 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Village
  1. Received2 Oct
  2. Validated16 Oct
  3. Consult.8 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Nov

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Kings College School Southside Common Wimbledon SW19 4TT. Merton has handled 847 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Merton's typical decision time. The site is in the Wimbledon West conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 20 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 406 applications across Village. 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 4TT
Application type
Tree Work
Development type
Development monitoring information not needed
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 October 2025
Consultation expiry
8 November 2025
Consultation start
16 October 2025
Consultation end
8 November 2025
Last date for comments
8 November 2025
Application expires
27 November 2025
Permission expires
24 November 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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 2026-11-03. 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    2 Oct

    ALONG ACCESS ROAD: 8 x LIME TREES AND 9 PLANES - REDUCE BACK TO PREVIOUS POINS (APPROX 3 METRES)

    This applicationApprovedTrees25/T2948
  2. 2025
    25 Sep

    Holm Oak & Beech - Glencairn House, 70 Ridgeway, SW194RA Cut back overhang from building to previous points…

    ApprovedTree WorkFiled alongside25/T2808

Planning history at this site

19 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    5 Sep

    MER 312 - T4 BEECH BY SCIENCE BLOCK (1263) - REDUCE OVERALL BY 2-2.5M.

    ApprovedTree Work25/T2663
  2. 2024
    15 Nov

    LARGE COPPER BEECH - REMOVE DEADWOOD AND CUT BACK FROM BUILDING TO GIVE 4M. CLEARANCE MAIDENHAIR - REDUCE…

    ApprovedTree Work24/T3278
  3. 2024
    13 Nov

    5 DAY NOTICE FOR PIN OAK REMOVAL DUE TO MERIPILUS, ACACIA - REMOVAL OF MAJOR DEADWOOD, LARGE COPPER BEECH…

    ApprovedTree Work24/T3186
  4. 2023
    24 Apr

    T1 - 8 Limes and 9 Plane trees along access road - Remove regrowth to previous points (approx 2-2.5m) T2…

    ApprovedTree Work23/T1078
  5. 2022
    16 Dec

    Main School site: Rear of main buidling: Black Walnut Reduce as per spec and in addition to reduce the upper…

    ApprovedTree Work22/T3679
  6. 2016
    3 Jun

    APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 17 ATTACHED TO LBM PLANNING APPLICATION 15/P0212

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions16/P2314

Source: Merton

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