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5 Elm Grove Road Barnes Richmond Upon Thames SW13 0BU

PA25/3227Works to Tree/s in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 22 October 2025

Council decision: Raise No objectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

REAR GARDEN T1 Crab Apple (Malus sylvestris) 25% Crown Reduction - Reducing the height and spread of the tree by approximately 1.5m all round to tidy and contain and retain furnishing growth. Final height = 4m and final spread = 4m.

Received
18 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Barnes Ward [BRN]
  1. Received18 Sep
  2. Validated18 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Oct
  5. Decided22 Oct

Decided in 34 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 5 Elm Grove Road Barnes Richmond Upon Thames SW13 0BU. Richmond has handled 2,772 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 2 weeks quicker than Richmond's typical decision time. The site is in the Barnes Common conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 213 applications across Barnes Ward [BRN]. We hold 1,864 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 0BU
Application type
Works to Tree/s in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
District
South

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 September 2025
Target decision date
30 October 2025
Permission expires
21 October 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14317196
UPRN
100023308319
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: Barnes Common

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

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© 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.

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Source: Richmond

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