16 Great College Street London SW1P 3RX

25/00083/TCAApplic. for works to trees in CAApproved

Approved on 21 January 2025

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

2 x limes: crown reduce to previous, most recent reduction points, retaining selected shortened furnishing growth and fine branch structure for crown continuity.

Received: 23 December 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: St James's

ReceivedReceived23 Dec
ValidatedValidated23 Dec
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date17 Feb
DecidedDecided21 Jan

Decided in 29 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 16 Great College Street London SW1P 3RX. Westminster has handled 987 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 3 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Smith Square conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 1,247 applications in total for the SW1P 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: SW1P 3RX
Application type: Applic. for works to trees in CA
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 December 2024
Target decision date: 17 February 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13658620
Comments: 0
Documents: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
Conservation area: Smith Square
Listed building: Grade II*: 16, Great College Street Sw1On this site · +11 more
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
Tree Preservation Order: Ref W516Protected tree on or next to this site

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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This applicationApprovedTrees25/00083/TCA

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5 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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