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13 Leyborne Park Richmond

PA25/3085Works to Tree/s in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 6 October 2025

Council decision: Raise No objectionDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Apple Tree Back Garden Permission is requested to prune tree back to previous growth points- 1.5m crown reduction in width and 1m reduction in height, leaving a canopyspread of 3m and height of 4m or prune tree back to previous growth points. Aim to maintain the tree at an appropriate size for the location

Received
8 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Kew Ward [KWW]
  1. Received8 Sep
  2. Validated11 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Oct
  5. Decided6 Oct

Decided in 25 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 13 Leyborne Park Richmond. Richmond has handled 2,772 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 3 weeks quicker than Richmond's typical decision time. The site is in the Kew Gardens conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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
District
South

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 September 2025
Target decision date
23 October 2025
Permission expires
5 October 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14312154
UPRN
100022310396
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: 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    23 Jun

    13 Leyborne Park, Kew, TW9 3HB

    Comment IssuedApplicationPA25/1914

Source: Richmond

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