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78, Madrid Road, London, SW13 9PG

PA25/1780Works to Tree/s in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 20 June 2025

Council decision: Raise No objectionPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

My client intends to undertake the following works to 3 x trees within the rear garden of their property: T2 (an 11m tall Western Red Cedar) - Fell to ground level. T3 (an 8m tall Yew) - Reduce the northern canopy spread from 2.5m to 2m. Reduce the eastern canopy spread from 4.5m to 4m. Reduce the southern canopy spread from 3m to 2.5m. Reduce the western canopy spread from 2m to 1.5m. Reduce the overall height from 8m t0 7.5m. Canopy of T3 to be pruned in a manner which creates a neat, tidy crown without spoiling the appearance of the tree. Prune foliage by a maximum of 0.5m to create a neat, tidy canopy without spoiling the appearance or form of the tree. T5 (a 10m tall Cherry) - Fell to ground level. All three trees are located in the rear garden of the subject property; none are clearly visible from public vantage points. The clients intention is to alleviate nuisance, increase lighting levels and increase useable garden space.

Received
27 May 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Barnes Ward [BRN]
  1. Received27 May
  2. Validated29 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 Jul
  5. Decided20 Jun

Decided in 22 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 78, Madrid Road, London, SW13 9PG. Richmond has handled 2,772 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 4 weeks quicker than Richmond's typical decision time. The site is in the Madrid Road conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 210 applications across Barnes Ward [BRN]. We hold 1,870 applications in total for the SW13 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
SW13 9PG
Application type
Works to Tree/s in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
District
South

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 May 2025
Target decision date
10 July 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14049411
UPRN
100022295529
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)
  • Conservation area: Madrid Road

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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