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Flat A-B 238 Beechcroft Road SW17 7DP

2022/1656Work to trees in conservation areaApproved

Approved on 31 August 2022

Council decision: Allow Works, No Tree Preservation OrderDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

1 x Mature Lilac Tree (Syringa vulgaris) Remove the Virginia Creeper down to the main fork and reduce in height of left-hand side to the height of the right-hand side (as viewed from the kitchen). 1 x Mature Plum Tree (Institia): Crown reduce in height by approximately 1.5 meters to where the Lilac is now and laterally by approximately 1.5-2 meters. To thin out the crown by approximately 20%. To remove the creeper from the crown.

Received
20 April 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Trinity
  1. Received20 Apr
  2. Validated29 Jul
  3. Consult.20 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided31 Aug

Decided in 33 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Flat A-B 238 Beechcroft Road SW17 7DP. Wandsworth has handled 1,482 applications of this type. This one was decided in 133 days, 11 weeks longer than Wandsworth's typical decision time. The site is in the Wandsworth Common conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across Trinity. We hold 1,578 applications in total for the SW17 postcode area.

98% of trees applications at London Borough of Wandsworth were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SW17 7DP
Application type
Work to trees in conservation area
Development type
Not relevant (trees, conservation areas, etc)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 July 2022
Last date for comments
20 April 2022
Application expires
1 June 2022
Permission expires
31 August 2025

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Wandsworth Common
  • 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 (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.

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Source: Wandsworth

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