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Gloucester Square Gardens Gloucester Square London W2 2TJ

23/02787/TCAApplic. for works to trees in CAApproved

Approved on 26 May 2023

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

1 x Magnolia: prune branches overhanging 37 Gloucester Square back to the midpoint of the easternmost boundary line of the stepped boundary, pruning back to suitable growth points and shaping to create a natural flowing canopy outline.

Received
26 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hyde Park
  1. Received26 Apr
  2. Validated26 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target21 Jun
  5. Decided26 May

Decided in 30 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Gloucester Square Gardens Gloucester Square London W2 2TJ. Westminster has handled 987 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 3 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Bayswater conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Hyde Park. We hold 3,422 applications in total for the W2 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
W2 2TJ
Application type
Applic. for works to trees in CA
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 April 2023
Target decision date
21 June 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
37 Gloucester Square London W2 2TD United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12121933
Comments
0
Documents
4

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: Bayswater
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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

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.

Source: Westminster

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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