Opens Space On Dean's Yard London SW1P 3NP
Approved on 27 November 2017
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
1 x red chestnut (T1): Remove damaged limb back to point of origin. Reduce remaining canopy to balance and shape. Reduce one upper branch growing towards main abbey entrance in line with reduced canopy line.
- Received
- 24 October 2017
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- City of Westminster
- Ward
- St James's
- Agent
- Tim George Tree Services Ltd
- ReceivedReceived24 Oct
- ValidatedValidated27 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date22 Jan
- DecidedDecided27 Nov
Decided in 0 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at Opens Space On Dean's Yard London SW1P 3NP. Westminster has handled 987 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 2 weeks 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 are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 475 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 3NP
- Application type
- Applic. for wks to trees subject to TPO
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 November 2017
- Target decision date
- 22 January 2018
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Tim George Tree Services Ltd
- Agent address
- 31 Wheelers Lane Brockham RH3 7LA United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: Westminster Abbey And Parliament Square
- Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
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.
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