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18 Elm Tree Road London NW8 9JP

21/03051/TCAApplic. for works to trees in CAApproved

Approved on 1 July 2021

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

6 x limes: crown reduce to approx. 0.5-0.75m above the previous, most recent reduction points, retaining shortened furnishing growth and shaping to maintain a natural flowing canopy outline.

Received
10 May 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Regent's Park
  1. Received10 May
  2. Validated10 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 Jul
  5. Decided1 Jul

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 18 Elm Tree Road London NW8 9JP. Westminster has handled 987 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days 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.

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
NW8 9JP
Application type
Applic. for works to trees in CA
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 May 2021
Target decision date
5 July 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Berkeley tree company
Agent address
13 woodfield road ealing london W5 1SL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09824896
Comments
0
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: St John's Wood
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref STM19Part of the site · +6 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.

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© 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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Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    21 Aug

    4 x Plane trees and 1 x Lime tree in neighbouring property (18 Elm Tree Road) along the Grand Stand boundary…

    PendingApplic. for works to trees in CA25/06024/TCA
  2. 2025
    11 Jul

    G2 4 x London plane: crown reduce the north/western side (regrowth overhanging lawn only) back to the…

    ApprovedApplic. for works to trees in CA25/04784/TCA
  3. 2025
    8 Jul

    T1 - 1 x Lime: reduce overextended lateral growth over the garden of number 20 by approx. 4.0m, pruning back…

    ApprovedApplic. for works to trees in CA25/04695/TCA
  4. 2010
    7 Jun

    1 x lime (T2 larger tree on boundary with no 14): tip prune selected branches to provide 2m clearance to…

    ApprovedApplic. for works to trees in CA10/04716/TCA
  5. 2010
    6 Apr

    2 x limes (T6 & T7 in the front garden) - reduce crowns and reshape by no more than 25 per cent .

    ApprovedApplic. for wks to trees subject to TPO10/02904/TPO
  6. 2008
    22 Feb

    1 x Lime (rear, adjacent Lords stadium): Prune away from building and stairway to suitable growing points. 4…

    ApprovedApplic. for works to trees in CA08/02232/TCA

Source: Westminster

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