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8 Cavendish Avenue London NW8 9JE

26/00689/TPOApplic. for wks to trees subject to TPOApproved

Approved on 11 March 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

1 x silver birch (T3, rear): Crown reduce to the previous most recent reduction points, retaining selected shortened furnishing growth (about 0.5m long) for crown continuity.

Received
5 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Abbey Road
Agent
John Cromar's Arboricultural Company Limited
  1. Received5 Feb
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Apr
  5. Decided11 Mar

Decided in 34 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 8 Cavendish Avenue London NW8 9JE. Westminster has handled 987 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 2 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the St John's Wood conservation area, with 19 listed buildings nearby. There have been 20 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 111 applications across Abbey Road. We hold 2,759 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 9JE
Application type
Applic. for wks to trees subject to TPO
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 February 2026
Target decision date
2 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
John Cromar's Arboricultural Company Limited
Agent address
The Old School Titley Kington HR5 3RN United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14681014
Comments
0
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: St John's Wood
  • Listed building: Grade II: 4-8, Cavendish Avenue Nw8On or next to this site · +1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref STM18Part of the site · +4 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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

20 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    20 Feb

    Excavation and construction of a new basement; use of the garage for additional internal accommodation…

    ApprovedListed building consent26/01096/LBC
  2. 2026
    20 Feb

    Excavation and construction of a new basement; use of the garage for additional internal accommodation…

    ApprovedFull Planning Permission Application26/01095/FULL
  3. 2026
    5 Feb

    3 - Silver Birch - Prune just distal to most recent reduction points; for safety and maintenance reasons, and…

    PendingApplication26/00689/TCA
  4. 2025
    16 Dec

    Details of elevation and section drawings showing new windows, detailed drawings including annotations of…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/05430/ADFULL
  5. 2025
    1 Aug

    Elevation and section drawings and details pursuant to condition 4 (window details), 10 (landscaping and…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/05626/ADLBC
  6. 2025
    15 May

    1 x mulberry (rear): Reduce to 8m in height and accordingly in spread -see image in report

    ApprovedApplication25/03310/TPO

Source: Westminster

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