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The Jewel Tower Old Palace Yard London SW1P 3JY

15/10117/TCAApplic. for works to trees in CAApproved

Approved on 24 November 2015

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

1 x Magnolia: crown clean by 5-10% and raise canopy to 2.5m height to allow clear access below. Reduce overall height and lateral branches by 1-2m.

Received
28 October 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
  1. Received28 Oct
  2. Validated28 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Dec
  5. Decided24 Nov

Decided in 27 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Jewel Tower Old Palace Yard London SW1P 3JY. Westminster has handled 987 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 3 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Westminster Abbey and Parliament Square conservation area, with 17 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 1,247 applications in total for the SW1P 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
SW1P 3JY
Application type
Applic. for works to trees in CA
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 October 2015
Target decision date
23 December 2015

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, tree preservation orders, green belt, 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

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© 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: Westminster

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