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48 Drakefield Road SW17 8RP

2026/2289Works to a T.P.O. TreeApproved

Approved on 30 June 2026

Council decision: Allow Works, No Tree Preservation Order

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1. Poplar Tree. 16 metres in height. 12 metres in width. Re pollard by removing 2.5 metres on growth, leaving the tree 13.5 metres in height and 9.5 metres in width. Tree is overgrown and limbs and growing in to neighbours garden, re pollarding will benefit the tree health. Situated in the rear garden. T2. Indian Bean Tree. 9 metres height. 8 metres in width. Reduce the height of the tree by 1.5 metres, leaving the tree 7.5 metres in height. Tree has become overgrown, causing a lot of fallen debris into the neighbours garden. Reshape to make a more compact shape and to look more tidy. Situated in the rear garden.

Received
22 June 2026
  1. Received22 Jun
  2. Validated22 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided30 Jun

Decided in 8 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 48 Drakefield Road SW17 8RP. Wandsworth has handled 1,482 applications of this type. This one was decided in 8 days, 7 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 8RP
Application type
Works to a T.P.O. Tree
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 June 2026
Application expires
17 August 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

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

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.

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Source: Wandsworth

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