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5 Leyborne Park Kew Richmond TW9 3HB

23/T1121/TCAWorks to Tree/s in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 25 January 2024

Council decision: Raise No objectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Pittosporum: Reduce in height from approx. 4.5m to 2/2.5m in height Reduce laterally by 1/2m from 3m to 2.5m Reason: Routine maintenance T3 Olive: Fell Reasons: Unsuitable location, fast growing, not innkeeping with garden design T3 Eucalyptus: Fell to ground level Reasons: Unsuitable location, fast growing and unsuitable at maturity

Received
21 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Kew Ward [KWW]
  1. Received21 Dec
  2. Validated21 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 Feb
  5. Decided25 Jan

Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 5 Leyborne Park Kew Richmond TW9 3HB. Richmond has handled 2,772 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 2 weeks quicker than Richmond's typical decision time. The site is in the Kew Gardens conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 190 applications across Kew Ward [KWW]. 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 3HB
Application type
Works to Tree/s in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kew Village
District
Tree Team

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 December 2023
Target decision date
1 February 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Adam Arnold - 13968-W 45 Swanwick Close Roehampton London SW15 4ES United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12694579
UPRN
100022310388
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Kew Gardens
  • World Heritage Site buffer zone: Royal Botanic Gardens, KewPart of the site

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

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© 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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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    8 Dec

    Provision of vehicular access and hardsurfacing

    ApprovedHouseholder23/3286/HOT

Source: Richmond

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