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Raines Foundation School Upper School, Approach Road, London, E2 9LY

PA/26/00204/NCWorks Related to Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 31 March 2026

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Works to following trees: 1. x3 - X Large Lime Trees - Crown Reduce by 30% & x1 Medium Lime tree Crown Reduce by 30% 2. x1 - X Large London Plane Tree ? Crown reduce 3 meters to rebalance crown and remove deadwood, plus climbing inspection 3. x1 -X Large Lime Tree & x1 Large Lime Tree -GP (crown lift 4 meters, remove deadwood, prune back from building and lamp columns) 4. x2 - Lorrel Trees - Crown reduce by 2.5 Meters 5. Group 1- Mix of oak, and laurel (8 trees) - crown lift canopy by 4 meters and reshape rom building and lap columns 6. H1 ? Lorrel Hedge - Reduce to height of wall and reduce sides to shape.

Received
5 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bethnal Green East
Agent
Gristwood and Toms Ltd
  1. Received5 Feb
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Apr
  5. Decided31 Mar

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Raines Foundation School Upper School, Approach Road, London, E2 9LY. Tower Hamlets has handled 126 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in the Victoria Park conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 144 applications across Bethnal Green East. We hold 910 applications in total for the E2 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
E2 9LY
Application type
Works Related to Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 February 2026
Target decision date
2 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Gristwood and Toms Ltd
Agent address
Harris Lane, Shenley, Herts, WD7 9EG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Victoria Park
  • Listed building: Grade II: Parmiters SchoolOn this site · +1 more
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 0000_03Protected tree on or next to this site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, 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.

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Source: Tower Hamlets

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