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95 Drakefield Road SW17 8RS

2024/3988Work to trees in conservation areaApproved

Approved on 10 December 2024

Council decision: Allow Works, No Tree Preservation OrderDecision from Appeal

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

T1&2 Limes (x1) - Reduce heights back down to previous points of reductions (approximately 3m off height).

Received
15 November 2024
Decision level
Decision from Appeal
Ward
South Balham
  1. Received15 Nov
  2. Validated5 Dec
  3. Consult.15 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Dec

Decided in 5 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 95 Drakefield Road SW17 8RS. Wandsworth has handled 1,482 applications of this type. This one was decided in 25 days, 4 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. 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 8RS
Application type
Work to trees in conservation area
Development type
Not relevant (trees, conservation areas, etc)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 December 2024
Last date for comments
15 November 2024
Application expires
27 December 2024
Permission expires
10 December 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period
22 days

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Wandsworth

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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