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37 - 40 Retreat Road Richmond

24/T0598/TPOWorks to Trees Under TPOApproved

Approved on 16 January 2025

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1-3 Silver Birch (Betula pendula)x3 20% Crown Reduction - Reducing the height and spread of the tree by approximately 1-2m to tidy and contain and retain furnishing growth. Final height = 12m andfinal spread = 5m. TPO Tree T4 Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum) 30% Crown Reduction - Reducing the height and spread of the tree by approximately 2-3m to tidy and contain. Final height = 14m andfinal spread = 8m. TPO Tree

Received
29 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
South Richmond Ward [STR]
  1. Received29 Jul
  2. Validated13 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Jan
  5. Decided16 Jan

Decided in 64 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 37 - 40 Retreat Road Richmond. Richmond has handled 2,772 applications of this type. This one was decided in 171 days, 17 weeks longer than Richmond's typical decision time. The site is in the Richmond Riverside conservation area, with 18 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 365 applications across South Richmond Ward [STR].

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

Application type
Works to Trees Under TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Richmond And Richmond Hill Village
District
Tree Team

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 November 2024
Target decision date
8 January 2025
Permission expires
16 January 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Miss Susan Cook Willow Works Unit 9 Inwood Business Park Whitton Road Hounslow TW3 2EB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13282612
UPRN
10002250748
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Richmond Riverside+1 more

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 (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.

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© 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: Richmond

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