23 Chester Street London SW1X 7BL
Approved on 19 February 2024
Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
London plane (rear): Reduction of selected, previously reduced lower branches back to most recent previous reduction points (approx. 3m) maintaining a symmetrical canopy and retaining the upper canopy of the tree un-reduced. Remove epicormic trunk growth. Remove Massaria infected branches up to 100mm in diameter.
- Received
- 8 December 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- City of Westminster
- Ward
- Knightsbridge & Belgravia
- Agent
- Treecare Ltd
- ReceivedReceived8 Dec
- ValidatedValidated8 Dec
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date2 Feb
- DecidedDecided19 Feb
Decided in 73 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at 23 Chester Street London SW1X 7BL. Westminster has handled 987 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 3 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Belgravia conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 383 applications across Knightsbridge & Belgravia. We hold 1,285 applications in total for the SW1X 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
- SW1X 7BL
- Application type
- Applic. for works to trees in CA
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 December 2023
- Target decision date
- 2 February 2024
- Decision issued
- 20 February 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Treecare Ltd
- Agent address
- 281 The Vale Acton London W3 7QA United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Belgravia
- Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Westminster
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