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Flat 1 242 Trinity Road SW18 3RQ

2025/1277Work to trees in conservation areaApproved

Approved on 2 July 2025

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

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Proposal

T1. Lime Tree. 15 metres in height. 8 metres in width. Lift all branches to allow a 6 metre clearance. Branches are blocking car spaces and stopping cars from freely parking. Situated in the car park. T2. Lime Tree. 18 metres in height. 12 metres in width. Lift all branches to allow a 6 metre clearance all round. Branches are low over footpath and blocking the road. Also some limbs are stopping cars from parking. Situated next to T1 by the car park. T3. Lime Tree. 16 metres in height. 10 metres in width. Lift all branches to allow a 6 metre clearance all round. Cut back from street light. Blocking the light from the street light and branches are low over the foot and blocking the road, also branches are blocking car spaces and stopping cars from parking freely. Situated by the car park. T4. Acacia Tree. 16 metres in height. 12 metres in width. Remove all growthfrom around streetlight. Tree branches are blocking the light from the streetlight. Situated next to T3. T5. Ash Tree. 14 metres in height, 6 metres in width, Cut back from the flats to clear a 1.5 metre distance, leaving the tree 4.5 metres in width. Tree is touching building. Situated on the side of 244 Trinity Road. T6. Elder Tree. 12 metres in height. 5 metres in width. Fell as very vlose to building. Situated next to T5 at 244 Trinity

Received
11 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Wandsworth Common
  1. Received11 Apr
  2. Validated26 Jun
  3. Consult.11 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Jul

Decided in 6 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Flat 1 242 Trinity Road SW18 3RQ. Wandsworth has handled 1,482 applications of this type. This one was decided in 82 days, 4 weeks longer than Wandsworth's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 212 applications across Wandsworth Common. We hold 2,266 applications in total for the SW18 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
SW18 3RQ
Application type
Work to trees in conservation area
Development type
Not relevant (trees, conservation areas, etc)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 June 2025
Last date for comments
11 April 2025
Application expires
23 May 2025
Permission expires
2 July 2028

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.

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Source: Wandsworth

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