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2 Vivian Road, London, E3 5RF

PA/25/01964/NCTree Works in Conservation Area (S211)Approved

Approved on 17 December 2025

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Tree works at rear garden: T1 - Acer pseudoplatanus - remove to ground level - boundary tree, close to building, unsuitable for space T2 - Pyrus species - remove to ground level - boundary tree, close to building, unsuitable for space, poor vigour and structure. T3 - sambucas species - remove to ground level - boundary tree, close to building, unsuitable for space, poor vigour and structure. T4 - Cotoneaster - reduce by 2 - 3 m from branch ends. - Reshape to manage size appropriate with garden.

Received
11 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Bow West
  1. Received11 Nov
  2. Validated11 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Dec
  5. Decided17 Dec

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 2 Vivian Road, London, E3 5RF. Tower Hamlets has handled 126 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in the Driffield Road conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 194 applications across Bow West. We hold 1,078 applications in total for the E3 postcode area.

100% of trees applications at London Borough of Tower Hamlets were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
E3 5RF
Application type
Tree Works in Conservation Area (S211)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 November 2025
Target decision date
23 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Hickson Wardle Treecare
Agent address
60 Manston Court, 2 Thornbury Way, Walthamstow, London, E17 5FT

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice start
20 November 2025

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Driffield Road
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Tower Hamlets

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