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39 Elm Tree Road London NW8 9JR

10/01628/CACConservation Area Consent Appl (CAC)Approved
Listed building consent

Approved on 17 June 2010

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing single family dwelling.

Received
2 March 2010
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Regent's Park
Agent
Alan Higgs Architects
  1. Received2 Mar
  2. Validated18 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 May
  5. Decided17 Jun

Decided in 91 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at 39 Elm Tree Road London NW8 9JR. Westminster has handled 2,677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 107 days, 8 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the St John's Wood conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 120 applications across Regent's Park. We hold 2,758 applications in total for the NW8 postcode area.

93% of heritage 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
NW8 9JR
Application type
Conservation Area Consent Appl (CAC)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 March 2010
Consultation expiry
30 April 2010
Target decision date
13 May 2010
Committee meeting
17 June 2010

Applicant and agent

Agent
Alan Higgs Architects
Agent address
173 Seymour Place London W1H 4PW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
9 April 2010
Advertisement expiry
30 April 2010

Additional information

Comments
0
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: St John's Wood
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref STM19Protected tree on or next to this site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.

Associated applications

  1. 2010
    2 Mar

    Demolition of existing single family dwelling.

    This applicationApprovedHeritage10/01628/CAC
  2. 2010
    1 Mar

    Demolition of an existing single family dwelling and construction of new three storey house (ground, first…

    ApprovedApplication for full Planning PermissionFiled alongside10/01627/FULL

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    24 Mar

    1 x purple plum: reduce all round by approximately 30%, reducing overlong branches into the main canopy line…

    ApprovedApplic. for works to trees in CA23/01975/TCA
  2. 2021
    22 Feb

    3 x poplars: repollard

    ApprovedApplic. for works to trees in CA21/01061/TCA
  3. 2004
    16 Nov

    1 x hawthorn - Reduce by 15-20% and remove climbing plant from crown

    ApprovedApplic. for works to trees in CA04/08981/TCA
  4. 2004
    12 Oct

    1 x bay tree - removal.

    ApprovedApplic. for works to trees in CA04/07995/TCA
  5. 2004
    2 Sep

    1 x Holly (T8): Trim crown to main canopy line to create tidy appearance

    ApprovedApplic. for wks to trees subject to TPO04/07197/TPO
  6. 2004
    2 Sep

    1 x Purple Plum (T1) (rear): Reduce and thin crown by 15%. 3 x Poplars (2,3,4): pollard. 1 x Beech (T5)…

    ApprovedApplic. for works to trees in CA04/07198/TCA

Source: Westminster

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