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19, Cumberland Road, Kew, Richmond, TW9 3HJ

PA26/0746Works to Tree/s in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 1 April 2026

Council decision: Raise No objectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Crab Apple (x1) Reduce crown by 1m all around and thin crown by 25%. Final height 3.5m and width 4.5m. Reason: To contain the height and spread of the tree. Close to building. T2 Bay tree (x1) Reduce height by 2m (back to previous points of reduction). Final height 3m and width 2m. Reason: To maintain the tree at a smaller size. T4 Apple (x1) Reduce crown by 1.5m (back to previous points of reduction).Final height 3.5m and width 5m. Reason: To maintain the tree at a smaller size. T5 Cedar (x1) Reduce the upper crown on the side over the lawn back by 1.5m and blend in with rest of crown. Final height 19m and width16m. Reason: To contain the height and spread of the tree in context to the garden size. T6 Bay tree (x1) Reduce height by 2m all round. Final height 7m and width 5m.Reason: To contain the height and spread of the tree in context to the garden size.

Received
4 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Kew Ward [KWW]
  1. Received4 Mar
  2. Validated4 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Apr
  5. Decided1 Apr

Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 19, Cumberland Road, Kew, Richmond, TW9 3HJ. 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 3HJ
Application type
Works to Tree/s in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
District
South

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 March 2026
Target decision date
15 April 2026
Permission expires
31 March 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14746501
UPRN
100022305719
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: Kew Gardens

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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© 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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