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Westminster Abbey Dean's Yard London SW1P 3PP

15/11495/TCAApplic. for works to trees in CAApproved

Approved on 19 January 2016

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

North Green1 x London plane (2885): Crown clean1 x London plane (2889): Crown clean1 x London plane (2891): Crown clean1 x London plane (2892): Crown clean Masons Yard1 x London plane (2898): Prune back from church by 3 m by reduction of selected branches to suitable branch junctions, in order to maintain a flowing canopy outline 1 x London plane (2899): Crown clean1 x London plane (29000: prune back from church by 3 m by reduction of selected branches to suitable branch junctions, in order to maintain a flowing canopy outline

Received
10 December 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
  1. Received10 Dec
  2. Validated10 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target4 Feb
  5. Decided19 Jan

Decided in 40 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Westminster Abbey Dean's Yard London SW1P 3PP. Westminster has handled 987 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 9 days quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Westminster Abbey and Parliament Square conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications 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 3PP
Application type
Applic. for works to trees in CA
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 December 2015
Target decision date
4 February 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Way House Cottage 31 Wheelers Lane Brockham Surrey RH3 7LA United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04689968
Comments
0
Documents
2

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 (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, 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.

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    24 Apr

    Details of Arboricultural Method Statement for the Phase 4 works pursuant to the partial discharge of…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/02750/ADFULL
  2. 2026
    20 Mar

    Amendments to planning permission dated 2nd June 2025 (25/01820/FULL

    ApprovedNon-material amendment26/01839/NMA
  3. 2026
    9 Mar

    The first tree in question is a Cercis canadensis. Over the past three years, its overall health has declined…

    PendingApplic. for works to trees in CA26/01477/TCA
  4. 2017
    2 Aug

    Methodology and a sample panel of stonework cleaning; method statement for the lifting, storage, relaying and…

    ApprovedListed building consent17/06889/ADLBC
  5. 2016
    16 Feb

    Relocation of the four Whitehall Palace Statues from College Garden to the Triforium Gallery of Westminster…

    ApprovedListed building consent16/01394/LBC
  6. 2014
    12 May

    Temporary siting of two portacabins enclosed by a timber hoarding on the north side of the abbey for the…

    WithdrawnApplication for full Planning Permission14/04468/FULL

Source: Westminster

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