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3 Elm Tree Road London NW8 9JY

25/06971/FULLFull Planning Permission ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 16 February 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Partial demolition of side wing of the existing property and replacement with new extension, construction of a basement beneath the proposed building footprint, removal of dormer windows to the pitched roof of the original house, plant and machinery in front driveway area; new boundary wall treatment facing Elm Tree Road, and repositioning of the pedestrian gate, and hard and soft landscaping works.

Received
29 September 2025
Ward
Abbey Road
  1. Received29 Sep
  2. Validated29 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target24 Nov
  5. Decided16 Feb

Decided in 140 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 3 Elm Tree Road London NW8 9JY. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 140 days, 13 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the St John's Wood conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 113 applications across Abbey Road. We hold 2,757 applications in total for the NW8 postcode area.

86% of full 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 9JY
Application type
Full Planning Permission Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 September 2025
Consultation expiry
5 November 2025
Target decision date
24 November 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
15 October 2025
Advertisement expiry
5 November 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14362633
Comments
0
Documents
63

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 STM19Protected tree on or next to this site · +2 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.

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

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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