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1 Lygon Place London SW1W 0JR

16/00476/TCAApplic. for works to trees in CAApproved

Approved on 26 January 2016

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

2 x trees of heaven (boundary with Grosvenor Garden Mews North): Reduce the height of both trees by 3m, reduce the lateral spread all round by 2m, ensure there is a 2m clearance from the roof and building on both trees, clean out crowns, remove deadwood.

Received
20 January 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Knightsbridge And Belgravia
  1. Received20 Jan
  2. Validated20 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Mar
  5. Decided26 Jan

Decided in 6 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 Lygon Place London SW1W 0JR. Westminster has handled 987 applications of this type. This one was decided in 6 days, 6 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Grosvenor Gardens conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 3 applications across Knightsbridge And Belgravia. We hold 1,478 applications in total for the SW1W 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
SW1W 0JR
Application type
Applic. for works to trees in CA
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 January 2016
Target decision date
16 March 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
Treecare
Agent address
255-261 Horn Lane London W3 9EH United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04769838
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.

  • Conservation area: Grosvenor Gardens
  • Listed building: Grade II: 1-8 Lygon PlaceOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • 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.

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.

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.

Source: Westminster

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