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10 Spring Gardens London SW1A 2BN

26/00280/TCAApplic. for works to trees in CAApproved

Approved on 19 February 2026

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T1 1 x Platanus x hispanica: Crown lift by 2m, pruning low hanging branches secondary branches only, leaving a well-balanced crown. Reduce back off adjacent wall/building to give 2m clearance. Reduce Previously reduced, overextended, low lateral branches, growing over the paved area to the East by approximately 1.5-2m shaping into upper crown. Remove Massaria infected branches with a diameter of up to 100mm and remove deadwood. T2 1 x Platanus x hispanica: Crown lift by 2m, pruning low hanging branches secondary branches only, leaving a well-balanced crown. Reduce Previously reduced, overextended, low lateral branches, growing over the paved area to the East by approximately 1.5-2m shaping into upper crown. Remove Massaria infected branches with a diameter of up to 100mm and remove deadwood. T3 1 x Platanus x hispanica: Crown lift by 2m, pruning low hanging branches secondary branches only, leaving a well-balanced crown. Reduce back off adjacent wall/building to give 2m clearance. Reduce Over-extended branch adjacent to the National Insitute for Health Building by 1.5m to balance crown. Remove Massaria infected branches with a diameter of up to 100mm and remove deadwood.

Received
19 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
  1. Received19 Jan
  2. Validated19 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Mar
  5. Decided19 Feb

Decided in 31 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 10 Spring Gardens London SW1A 2BN. Westminster has handled 987 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 3 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the St James's conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 1,261 applications in total for the SW1A 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
SW1A 2BN
Application type
Applic. for works to trees in CA
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 January 2026
Target decision date
16 March 2026
Decision issued
20 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Gristwood and Toms
Agent address
Harris Lane Shenley WD7 9EG United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14633717
Comments
0
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: St James's
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, 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

14 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    6 Nov

    Installation of no.4 louvres to the northern elevation; installation of mechanical plant at level 9 roof…

    PendingFull planning permission26/07568/FULL
  2. 2026
    3 Sep

    Amendments to planning permission dated 10 July 2025 (RN: 25/00695/FULL

    ApprovedNon-material amendment26/05886/NMA
  3. 2026
    12 Jun

    Amendments to planning permission dated 25 May 2023 (RN: 22/07991/FULL

    ApprovedNon-material amendment26/03875/NMA
  4. 2025
    19 Dec

    New hard and soft landscaping of the piazza area in front of 10 Spring Gardens and partial replacement of the…

    ApprovedFull Planning Permission Application25/09212/FULL
  5. 2025
    24 Nov

    Display of one halo illuminated fascia sign measuring 0.21m x 1.8m on the 10 Spring Gardens undercroft…

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent25/07676/ADV
  6. 2025
    31 Oct

    Registering to assign full postcode for commercial building in respect of 10 Spring Gardens , London, SW1…

    PendingAll OtherSNN25/00078

Source: Westminster

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