Planning application
16 Caithness Road, London, W14 0JA
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
T1 and T2 - Bay trees - rear garden - have grown in elevated level planters (dotted line on sketch), will be replaced with trees planted in same location
As published by the council, reference P/2026/01243/TREE
Application record
- Reference
- P/2026/01243/TREE
- Type
- Works to Tree(s) in Conservation Area
- Status
- Pending As published: REGISTERED: Under Assessment
- Received
- 9 May 2026
- Validated
- 27 May 2026
- Ward
- Brook Green
- Postcode
- W14 0JA
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 May 2026
Received by Hammersmith and Fulham
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27 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 22 July 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Hammersmith and Fulham took a median of 80 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
3 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Hammersmith and Fulham for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Hammersmith and Fulham decided tree works applications in a median of 57 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About tree works applications
Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
Within 0.3 miles
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12 Caithness Road, London, W14 0JB
97% historically approved · decision due ~25 Jun
T1 rear garden: Prune crown by no more than 30%, min. crown spread of 10.8m dia. Remove dead wood, minor thinning works to improve light penetration where necessary, no more that 30% of crown removal at any single operation. Reduction pruning may be concentrated to provide more space for T2 and reduce light competition. Reduction cuts around most recent pruning points, and/or at suitable branch junctions. T2 rear garden: Crown thinning and removal of deadwood, reduction pruning, removal of all leaf area and woody tissue not to exceed 30% of total biomass. Removal of deadwood. Crown reduction will not exceed 4.55m (of remaining crown area), from a maximum reduction in 1.95 m in crown dia. Crown reduction will focus on the opposite side (North Western aspect of T2) to limit effects of pruning on photosynthetic capacity of the suppressed side of T2, and to maintain overall geometry of T2. Reduction cuts at previous pruning points, and/or at suitable branch junctions.
Awaiting decision Trees 4 docs -
22 Caithness Road, London, W14 0JA
97% historically approved · decision due ~20 Nov
Remove a fallen Quince tree, blown onto house by high winds. Rear garden
Awaiting decision Trees 1 doc -
15 Caithness Road London W14 0JA
97% historically approved · decision due ~15 Jan
(T1) -Silver Birch (Betula pendula) -reduce crown by up to 30% (2.5m) to suitable growth points -reduce lateral side growth to match and shape to balance and tidy. Overhanging from 15 into 17. All works are for routine maintenance.
Awaiting decision Trees 2 docs -
35 Caithness Road London W14 0JA
Front garden T1 Magnolia - To Crown reduce by 25% removing approximately 1.5 metres from the branch tips.
Decided Trees 3 docs -
20A Caithness Road London W14 0JA
97% historically approved · decision due ~13 Mar
Rear gardenT1 Ash x 1 (Fraxinus excelsior) Large mature Ash tree in the rear garden that was last pollarded in Jan 2013. Suggested works:- Reduce crown height to the previous pruning knuckles. (3.5 - 4 metres)- Retain low furnishing growth to act as a screen from neighbouring properties. - Retain climber at the base of the tree. - Remove all timber and arisings through the property with the use of dustsheets.
Awaiting decision Trees 3 docs -
22 Caithness Road London W14 0JA
Rear garden (T1) - Quince Crown reduce lightly to shape and balance, prune back lightly from neighbouring property to boundary. (T2) - Cherry Crown reduce by drop crotch pruning, prune all neighbouring overhang to boundary. Shape balance and tidy remaining tree. (T3) - Cherry -Crown reduce lightly to shape and balance.
Decided Trees 3 docs
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