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Wellington Barracks Birdcage Walk London SW1E 6HQ

23/04892/TDDTrees Dead, DangerousApproved

Approved on 31 July 2023

Council decision: Dead dangerous exemption

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

Proposal

1 x London plane tree (tag no. 1709): removal of broken branch which is hung up in the canopy of the tree.

Received
12 July 2023
Ward
St James's
  1. Received12 Jul
  2. Validated12 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided31 Jul

Decided in 19 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Wellington Barracks Birdcage Walk London SW1E 6HQ. Westminster has handled 987 applications of this type. This one was decided in 19 days, 4 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Birdcage Walk conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 526 applications in total for the SW1E 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
SW1E 6HQ
Application type
Trees Dead, Dangerous
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 July 2023

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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

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

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