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12 Melina Place London NW8 9SA

25/07791/TPOApplic. for wks to trees subject to TPOApproved

Approved on 18 December 2025

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Tree number - T1 Tree type - London plane (Platanus x hispanica) Approx Height - 18m Approx Spread - 14m Location - Rear garden of 12 Melina Place (overhanging 3 & 4 Hall Gate) Service - Re-pollard Work required- Re-pollard back to previous pruning points by removing approximately 2-3m Reason - As per client wishes and as part of continued maintenance, to reduce encroachment onto Hall Gate gardens and improve light Priority code - B

Received
28 October 2025
Ward
Abbey Road
Agent
Artemis tree services ltd
  1. Received28 Oct
  2. Validated28 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Dec
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 51 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 12 Melina Place London NW8 9SA. Westminster has handled 987 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days. The site is in the St John's Wood conservation area. There have been 8 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 9SA
Application type
Applic. for wks to trees subject to TPO
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 October 2025
Target decision date
23 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Artemis tree services ltd
Agent address
West Hyde Nursery Old uxbridge road Maple cross Hertfordshire WD39XY United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14444453
Comments
0
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: St John's WoodPart of the site
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref W257Protected tree on or next to this site · +9 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.

Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    12 Feb

    T1 - Pyrus "Conference", height c. 10 metres, mature. Proposed work: deadwood, crown reduce by 20% and…

    ApprovedApplic. for wks to trees subject to TPO26/00953/TPO
  2. 2026
    12 Feb

    T3 - Silver Birch, height c 12 metres, mature. Proposed work: lift by two metres and crown thin by 10%…

    PendingApplic. for works to trees in CA26/00868/TCA
  3. 2021
    13 Jan

    1x London plane (T1, rear garden): re-pollard back to previous pruning points by removing approximately 2-3…

    ApprovedApplic. for wks to trees subject to TPO21/00212/TPO
  4. 2018
    28 Aug

    1 x weeping ash (T1, rear) - fell

    WithdrawnApplic. for wks to trees subject to TPO18/07310/TPO
  5. 2018
    30 Apr

    Detailed drawings of a hard and soft landscaping scheme (including samples of materials for hard surfaces)…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions18/03503/ADFULL
  6. 2018
    14 Mar

    1 x London plane: crown reduce to previous, most recent reduction points.1 x horse chestnut: crown reduce to…

    ApprovedApplic. for wks to trees subject to TPO18/02120/TPO

Source: Westminster

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