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238 Kew Road Kew Richmond TW9 3JX

23/T0321/TCAWorks to Tree/s in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 24 May 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

3 large palm trees at front of school works : to cut them down completely as they are right outside classroom and preventing light entering the classroom

Received
27 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
KEW WARD
  1. Received27 Apr
  2. Validated27 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Jun
  5. Decided24 May

Decided in 27 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 238 Kew Road Kew Richmond TW9 3JX. Richmond has handled 2,772 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 3 weeks quicker than Richmond's typical decision time. The site is in the Kew Road conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,465 applications in total for the TW9 postcode area.

96% of trees applications at London Borough of Richmond upon Thames were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TW9 3JX
Application type
Works to Tree/s in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 April 2023
Target decision date
8 June 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Kew Road
  • World Heritage Site buffer zone: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, 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: Richmond

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

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