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Spencer House 27 St James's Place London SW1A 1NR

05/02161/TCAApplic. for works to trees in CAApproved

Approved on 21 April 2005

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Rear Garden (Northern Boundary) - 3 x Lime - Crown reduce & shape by 30%, thin by 15-20%. Lift canopy over flower beds by 3m.. Remove deadwood, stubs, basal & trunk growths.Rear Garden (Southern Boundary) - 2 x Lime - Crown thin by 25 %. Lift canopy over flowerbeds by 3m. Remove deadwood, stubs, basal & trunk growths.

Received
16 March 2005
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
  1. Received16 Mar
  2. Validated16 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 May
  5. Decided21 Apr

Decided in 36 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Spencer House 27 St James's Place London SW1A 1NR. Westminster has handled 987 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 13 days quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the St James's conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 1,261 applications in total for the SW1A postcode area.

100% of trees applications at City of Westminster were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SW1A 1NR
Application type
Applic. for works to trees in CA
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 March 2005
Target decision date
10 May 2005

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Oak Tree House Rosebank Works Rosebank Way London W3 6TT

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
1

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: St James's
  • Listed building: Grade II: 29, St James'S Place Sw1On or next to this site · +2 more
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, tree preservation orders, 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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