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81 Louisville Road SW17 8RN

2024/2979Work to trees in conservation areaApproved

Approved on 3 October 2024

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

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Proposal

Rear garden:- Pear tree - Reduce the entire tree by approximately 1 metre, back to previous pruning points, including reducing back over the neighbouring side (No.79) by 1-2 metres in an effort to prevent pears from falling into that neighbouring property.

Received
30 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
South Balham
  1. Received30 Aug
  2. Validated24 Sep
  3. Consult.30 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Oct

Decided in 9 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 81 Louisville Road SW17 8RN. Wandsworth has handled 1,482 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 3 weeks quicker than Wandsworth's typical decision time. The site is in the Heaver Estate conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 83 applications across South Balham. 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 8RN
Application type
Work to trees in conservation area
Development type
Not relevant (trees, conservation areas, etc)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 September 2024
Last date for comments
30 August 2024
Application expires
11 October 2024
Permission expires
3 October 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period
17 days

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Heaver Estate
  • 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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