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Carolgates 17 St Margarets Drive Twickenham TW1 1QL

24/T1003/TCAWorks to Tree/s in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 13 January 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

LAKE GROUND T567 Hybrid black poplar (Populus x canadensis) Fell to ground level as tree is dying of honey fungus, (removing Laurel below tree to all timber stacking). RIVER ROUND T71 Crab Apple (Malus sylvestris) Fell to ground level as tree is dying via gate by Richmond Lock T657 Celtis australis Light prune to shape as tree is in decline. Final height = 7m and final spread = 5m. T706 Buckeye spp. Replace bracing. Reduce stem faulted stem to east by around 50% - to area above bracing as tree has faulted. Final height = 15m and final spread = 10m.

Received
20 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
ST MARGARETS AND NORTH TWICKENHAM WARD
  1. Received20 Nov
  2. Validated23 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Feb
  5. Decided13 Jan

Decided in 21 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Carolgates 17 St Margarets Drive Twickenham TW1 1QL. Richmond has handled 2,772 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 5 days longer than Richmond's typical decision time. The site is in the St Margaret's Estate conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. We hold 1,488 applications in total for the TW1 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
TW1 1QL
Application type
Works to Tree/s in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 December 2024
Target decision date
3 February 2025

Applicant and agent

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

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.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: St Margaret's Estate

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.

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.

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    24 Jun

    LAKE GROUND (as per report) 390 Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum) Fell to ground level as in poor location. 555…

    ApprovedWorks to Tree/s in Conservation AreaPA25/2153
  2. 2025
    24 Jun

    RIVER GROUND (as per tree report) 31 Cherry (Prunus spp) Remove sucker in rough at 5m to south west of stem…

    ApprovedWorks to Tree/s in Conservation AreaPA25/2149
  3. 2025
    24 Jun

    AVENUE GROUND (as per report) 252 Cherry Laurel (Prunus laurocerasus) Reduce height to same level as eves…

    ApprovedWorks to Tree/s in Conservation AreaPA25/2151
  4. 2024
    9 Dec

    Existing gates are decayed and need replacing. Proposed works are to replace the old swing gates with new…

    ApprovedHouseholder24/3099/HOT
  5. 2024
    3 Jul

    T2 Himalayan Birch (Betual utilis jacquemontii) Reduce spread over neighbours drive, cutting to suitable…

    ApprovedWorks to Tree/s in Conservation Area24/T0515/TCA
  6. 2024
    28 Jun

    Tree Works Report - 9727

    ApprovedWorks to Tree/s in Conservation Area24/T0510/TCA

Source: Richmond

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