39 Circus Road London NW8 9JG

21/05265/TCAApplic. for works to trees in CAApproved

Approved on 10 September 2021

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

T1 1 x London plane: remove lowest limb (diameter approx. 10cm), growing downwards towards property back to the scaffold limb. Crown lift over neighbours property, removing 2-3 small diameter (1 x false acacia (on boundary with elm tree road, in between your T2 and T3) : crown lift over road and pavement by 2.5-5m, pruning small diameter branches only (up to 3cm), pruning back to suitable growth points and shaping to create a natural flowing canopy outline.1 x mulberry (on boundary with elm tree road, in between your T2 and T3) : crown lift over road and pavement by 2.5-5m, pruning small diameter branches only (up to 3cm), pruning back to suitable growth points and shaping to create a natural flowing canopy outline.

Received: 19 July 2021
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: Regent's Park
Agent: GraftinGardeners Ltd

ReceivedReceived19 Jul
ValidatedValidated19 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date13 Sep
DecidedDecided10 Sep

Decided in 53 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 39 Circus Road London NW8 9JG. Westminster has handled 987 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 4 days longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the St John's Wood conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There have been 8 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 9JG
Application type: Applic. for works to trees in CA
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 19 July 2021
Target decision date: 13 September 2021
Decision issued: 13 September 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent: GraftinGardeners Ltd
Agent address: 45 Swanwick Close Roehampton London SW15 4ES United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-10090499
Comments: 0
Documents: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: St John's Wood
Listed building: Grade II: 39, Circus Road Nw8On this site · +1 more
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
Tree Preservation Order: Ref STM18Part of the site · +17 more
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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.

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Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

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