8 Elm Tree Road London NW8 9JX

25/05552/NMANon-material amendmentsApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 20 January 2026

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Proposal

Amendments to planning permission dated 24 March 2016 (RN: 15/04516/FULL) for the: Demolition of garage, front portico and front steps, part demolition of side extension, extension of two-storey side wing at first floor level, alterations to facade and fenestration on front, rear and both side elevations, alterations to front garden and boundary wall including car park lift, excavation of basement incorporating swimming pool and associated plant underneath garden, front and rear lightwells and air extract in rear garden. Namely, to allow reduction of total basement excavation volume and layout re-arrangement; removal of lightwell adjacent to the portico and the staircase and replaced with a planter adjacent to this wall; reinstatement of original ground floor entrance; increased ground floor headroom; and internal amendments on ground, first, second and roof floors.

Received: 8 August 2025
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: Abbey Road
Agent: DP9 Limited

ReceivedReceived8 Aug
ValidatedValidated22 Aug
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date19 Sep
DecidedDecided20 Jan

Decided in 151 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 8 Elm Tree Road London NW8 9JX. Westminster has handled 604 applications of this type. This one was decided in 165 days, 17 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the St John's Wood conservation area. There have been 11 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 111 applications across Abbey Road. We hold 2,757 applications in total for the NW8 postcode area.

88% of amendment 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 9JX
Application type: Non-material amendments
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 22 August 2025
Target decision date: 19 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent: DP9 Limited
Agent address: 100 Pall Mall London SW1Y 5NQ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14224323
Comments: 0
Documents: 9

Site constraints

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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 STM19Protected tree on or next to this 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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Planning history at this site

11 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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