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12 Melina Place London NW8 9SA

26/00953/TPOApplic. for wks to trees subject to TPOApproved

Approved on 19 March 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T1 - Pyrus "Conference", height c. 10 metres, mature. Proposed work: deadwood, crown reduce by 20% and lightly shape T2 - Horse Chestnut, height c. 18 metres, mature. Proposed work: crown thin by 25% Reasons: standard maintenance every five or six years

Received
12 February 2026
Ward
Abbey Road
  1. Received12 Feb
  2. Validated12 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Apr
  5. Decided19 Mar

Decided in 35 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 35 days, 2 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. 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
12 February 2026
Target decision date
9 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Special Branch Tree Surgeons
Agent address
7A Burlington Court Spencer Road Chiswick London W4 3SY United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6

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.

Associated applications

  1. 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 CAFiled alongside26/00868/TCA
  2. 2026
    12 Feb

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

    This applicationApprovedTrees26/00953/TPO

Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    28 Oct

    Tree number - T1 Tree type - London plane (Platanus x hispanica) Approx Height - 18m Approx Spread - 14m…

    ApprovedApplic. for wks to trees subject to TPO25/07791/TPO
  2. 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
  3. 2018
    28 Aug

    1 x weeping ash (T1, rear) - fell

    WithdrawnApplic. for wks to trees subject to TPO18/07310/TPO
  4. 2018
    30 Apr

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

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions18/03503/ADFULL
  5. 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
  6. 2018
    13 Mar

    1 x holly: remove

    WithdrawnApplic. for wks to trees subject to TPO18/02419/TPO

Source: Westminster

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