18 Elm Tree Road London NW8 9JP

25/04695/TCAApplic. for works to trees in CAApproved

Approved on 31 July 2025

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

T1 - 1 x Lime: reduce overextended lateral growth over the garden of number 20 by approx. 4.0m, pruning back to suitable growth points. G1 - 5 x Lime: crown reduce back to the previous, most recent previous points of reduction/approx. 2.5m, retaining shortened furnishing growth and at least 50% of the remaining internal fine branch structure, and shaping to maintain a natural flowing canopy outline.

Received: 8 July 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: Abbey Road
Agent: The Berkeley Tree Company Limited

ReceivedReceived8 Jul
ValidatedValidated8 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date2 Sep
DecidedDecided31 Jul

Decided in 23 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 18 Elm Tree Road London NW8 9JP. Westminster has handled 987 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 4 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the St John's Wood conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 111 applications across Abbey Road. 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 9JP
Application type: Applic. for works to trees in CA
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 8 July 2025
Target decision date: 2 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent: The Berkeley Tree Company Limited
Agent address: 2A Curzon Road Ealing London W5 1NF

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14160908
Comments: 0
Documents: 6

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: St John's Wood
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
Tree Preservation Order: Ref STM19Part of the site · +6 more
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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Associated applications

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11 Jul
G2 4 x London plane: crown reduce the north/western side (regrowth overhanging lawn only) back to the…
ApprovedApplic. for works to trees in CAFiled alongside25/04784/TCA
2025
8 Jul
T1 - 1 x Lime: reduce overextended lateral growth over the garden of number 20 by approx. 4.0m, pruning back…
This applicationApprovedTrees25/04695/TCA

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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