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3 Lawn Crescent Richmond TW9 3NR

Granted Richmond upon Thames 24/T0680/TCA Works to Tree/s in Conservation Area

Works: Trees

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Back garden - The garden is 19m long and 6.5m wide and faces due south. There are 7 mature trees in our back garden or immediately adjoining. The ash is c. 14m high and wide, the two Bradford Pears (marked B) c. 12m tall, the two palms c. 7m tall, the magnolia (marked M) c. 5m tall. There are at least 8 very large shrubs over 3m tall (marked in green), mostly camellias, and many smaller shrubs and ornamental trees. We wish to remove the arbutus unedo (marked in red). It is now more than 6m tall and 7m wide. It stands 7m from the back of our house close to the garden wall separating us from 2 Lawn Crescent. As the garden is only 6.5m wide, the arbutus now comes more than half way across our back garden and largely blocks the view from our back room, which has large patio doors looking out onto the garden. It also blocks light and sun in our courtyard garden, It has been damaged by high winds on two occasions, snapping off at the top of the bole, which has resulted in a very dense crown. It has been pruned in 2015 and 2018 as it was getting too large, which only seemed to encourage it to grow faster, so that it was soon larger than before. It is now much too large for its position, blocking out much of our view of the rest of the garden and of the other large tre...

As published by the council, reference 24/T0680/TCA

Application record

Reference
24/T0680/TCA
Type
Works to Tree/s in Conservation Area
Status
Raise No Objection
Decision
Granted As published: Raise No objection
Received
26 Aug 2024
Validated
26 Aug 2024
Decided
23 Sep 2024
Ward
Kew Ward [KWW]
Parish
Kew Village
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
TW9 3NR

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 26 Aug 2024

    Received by Richmond upon Thames

  2. 23 Sep 2024

    Decision issued: Raise No objection

  3. 8 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

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What this grant of permission means

Richmond upon Thames granted permission on 23 September 2024, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. 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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