Carolgates 17 St Margarets Drive Twickenham TW1 1QL

PA25/2149Works to Tree/s in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 6 August 2025

Council decision: Raise No objectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

RIVER GROUND (as per tree report) 31 Cherry (Prunus spp) Remove sucker in rough at 5m to south west of stem. Thin crown by 20%. Final height = 8m and final spread = 10m. 46 Yew (Taxus baccata) Reduce by about 1m all round - to dome shape. Final height = 5m and final spread = 4m. 73 Crab Apple Fell to ground level as outgrown location. 115 Lime spp. (Tilia) Reduce / remove 2 limbs over new planting. Final height unchanged at 20m and final spread = unchanged at 15m. 199 Copper Beech (Fagus sylvatica purpurea) Fell to ground level as tree is in decline.

Received: 24 June 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Ward: St. Margarets & North Twickenham Ward [SMN]

ReceivedReceived24 Jun
ValidatedValidated2 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date13 Aug
DecidedDecided6 Aug

Decided in 35 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 43 days, 6 days quicker 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. In the past year there have been 204 applications across St. Margarets & North Twickenham Ward [SMN]. 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
District: North

Planning application dates

Date validated: 2 July 2025
Target decision date: 13 August 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14120013
UPRN: 100022346335
Documents: 2

Site constraints

Checking the site

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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: 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.

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Associated applications

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RIVER GROUND (as per tree report) 31 Cherry (Prunus spp) Remove sucker in rough at 5m to south west of stem…
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LAKE GROUND (as per report) 390 Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum) Fell to ground level as in poor location. 555…
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Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Richmond

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