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25 Ailsa Road Twickenham TW1 1QJ

PA26/0440Works to Tree/s in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 5 March 2026

Council decision: Raise No objectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Tree Number - T4 Tree Type - Oak (Quercus robur) Approx. Diameter at 1.5m - 0.4m Approx. Height - 11m Approx. Crown Spread Diameter - 9m Location - See map Service - Crown Reduction Work Required - Reduce height by up to 1.5m and lateral spread on all sides by up to 1.5m Reason - As per clients specification Priority Code - On Tree Number - T5 Tree Type - Holm oak Approx. Diameter at 1.5m - 0.6m Approx. Height - 13m Approx. Crown Spread Diameter - 13m Location - See map Service - Crown Reduction Work Required - Reduce height by up to 1.5m and lateral spread on all sides by up to 1.5m Reason - As per clients specification Priority Code - On Tree number - T6 Tree type - Lawson cypress (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana) Approx Height - 15m Location - See map Service - Hedge trimming Work required - Trim annual growth all round as high as possible working off ladders. Take care when trimming as the tree has a history of browning. Reason - As per clients specifications Priority code - ON Tree Number - T7 Tree Type - Hazel Approx. Height - 7m Approx. Crown Spread Diameter - 5m Location - See map Service - Coppice Work Required - Coppice down to fence height Reason - As per clients specification Priority Code - On

Received
10 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St. Margarets & North Twickenham Ward [SMN]
  1. Received10 Feb
  2. Validated10 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target24 Mar
  5. Decided5 Mar

Decided in 23 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 25 Ailsa Road Twickenham TW1 1QJ. Richmond has handled 2,772 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 4 weeks quicker than Richmond's typical decision time. The site is in the St Margaret's Estate conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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 1QJ
Application type
Works to Tree/s in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
District
North

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 February 2026
Target decision date
24 March 2026
Permission expires
4 March 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14692584
UPRN
100022328761
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: 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.

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Richmond

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