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1 Melrose Avenue Twickenham TW2 7JE

Refused Richmond upon Thames 23/T0181/TPO Works to Trees Under TPO

Works: Trees

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

T1 & T2 - Mature Scots Pines. To remove due to disabled resident (wheelchair bound) not being able to enjoy garden because of excessive leaf litter, associated sap and bird poo over everything; historic limb failure, including one that landed on a carer. Trees are of bad form - historical topping that have deemed the trees not worthy of a preservation order. Both trees have very tight unions - both co-dominant stems that are ad-pressed to each other; T1 at circa 20ft, and T2 at circa 8ft - higher potential of union failure. Both trees present substantial health & safety issues for the resident, whose home has been considerably modified to accommodate the needs of her disabled son - there are previous planning applications to that affect for the building works.

As published by the council, reference 23/T0181/TPO

Application record

Reference
23/T0181/TPO
Type
Works to Trees Under TPO
Status
Decision Issued
Decision
Refused As published: Refused Permission
Received
6 Mar 2023
Validated
6 Mar 2023
Decided
28 Apr 2023
Ward
Whitton Ward [WTT]
Parish
Whitton And Heathfield Village
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
TW2 7JE

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 6 Mar 2023

    Received by Richmond upon Thames

  2. 28 Apr 2023

    Decision issued: Refused Permission

  3. 12 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

9 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Richmond upon Thames refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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.

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