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Royston Court, Lichfield Road, Kew

PA26/0309Works to Tree/s in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 13 February 2026

Council decision: Raise No objectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T2 Cherry: Reduce canopy by approx 2-3m from height and width to shape and clear from property Additional, thin epicormic growth Justification - routine maintenance Finished height: 5m Finished spread: 3m T4 Cherry: Reduce canopy by approx 2m from height and width. Additional, remove epicormic growth. Justification - routine maintenance Finished height: 5m Finished spread: 3m T5 Crab apple: Reduce canopy by approx 1m from height and width. Justification - routine maintenance Finished height: 5m Finished spread: 3m T7 Cherry: Reduce canopy by 1m to shape & cut any lateral growth over the pavement back to boundary Justification - routine maintenance Finished height: 4m Finished spread: 2m T8 Cherry: Reduce by approx 3m reduction to cut back over lawn and shape Justification - routine maintenance Finished height: 4m Finished spread: 2m

Received
29 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Kew Ward [KWW]
  1. Received29 Jan
  2. Validated29 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target12 Mar
  5. Decided13 Feb

Decided in 15 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Royston Court, Lichfield Road, Kew. Richmond has handled 2,772 applications of this type. This one was decided in 15 days, 5 weeks quicker than Richmond's typical decision time. The site is in the Kew Road conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 190 applications across Kew Ward [KWW].

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

Application type
Works to Tree/s in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
District
South

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 January 2026
Target decision date
12 March 2026
Permission expires
12 February 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14662712
UPRN
100023686353
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Kew Road
  • World Heritage Site buffer zone: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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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