Wellington Barracks Birdcage Walk SW1E 6HQ

26/04581/TCAApplic. for works to trees in CAApproved

Approved on 14 July 2026

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T17 Cherry - Remove 1no lowest southern spanning limb and remove 1no lowest western spanning limb, reduce western aspect of crown by up to c.2m (full pruning specification and photos provided within accompanying documents 12455 PS 07 and 12455 PS 04_T17 Rev A Cherry). The reason for the work is to provide construction room needed to facilitate the approved redevelopment of band practice facilities at Wellington Barracks (Application No: 23/05458/FULL). This application for tree works is a request of the Council's Arboricultural Manager.

Received: 9 July 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: St James's

ReceivedReceived9 Jul
ValidatedValidated9 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date3 Sep
DecidedDecided14 Jul

Decided in 5 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Wellington Barracks Birdcage Walk SW1E 6HQ. Westminster has handled 987 applications of this type. This one was decided in 5 days, 6 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Birdcage Walk conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 10 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 526 applications in total for the SW1E 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: SW1E 6HQ
Application type: Applic. for works to trees in CA
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 9 July 2026
Target decision date: 3 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: Aspect Arboriculture
Agent address: The Stables Hardwick Business Park Noral Way Banbury OX16 2AF GB

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-15072947
Comments: 0
Documents: 9

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Conservation area: Birdcage WalkPart of the site · +1 more
Listed building: Grade II: 27 Lamp Posts Lining Both Sides of RoadOn this site · +13 more
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
Registered park and garden: St James'S ParkPart of the site
Brownfield land register: Buckingham Court, 78 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6PERegister site at or near this address · +3 more

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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 and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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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.

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

13 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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