Planning application
19 Queens Road Twickenham TW1 4EZ
Works: Trees
Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.
Proposal
Mature horse chestnut (conker) tree, 400cm trunk circumference at 1m height so between 150 to 200 years old. Canopy is 5m to 25m tall with a spread of 10m in diameter. The tree has had it's canopy reduced previously and one tree surgeon has informed me that it would be difficult to so again down to the age of the tree and the severity of the cuts required - he said it's likely that the tree wouldn't survive. Another tree surgeon said the severity of the cuts would not leave a pleasant looking tree if it did survive. So my conclusion is that the tree is just too big for where it is. It actually gives a negative amenity by being too over bearing in such a confined space. I propose that it's removed completely.
As published by the council, reference PA25/3791
Application record
- Reference
- PA25/3791
- Type
- Works to Tree/s in Conservation Area
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Provisional TPO raised
- Received
- 22 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 22 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 3 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Twickenham Riverside Ward [TRW]
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TW1 4EZ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Oct 2025
Received by Richmond upon Thames
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3 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Provisional TPO raised
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13 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
2 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsAfter the decision
The process from here
The council has decided this application; the published outcome sits in the record above and the decision notice on the council portal carries the detail, including any conditions.
If permission was granted, work must normally begin within three years of the decision. If it was refused, the applicant can appeal within the statutory time limit or submit a revised scheme.
About trees applications
How this application type works
Tree applications cover work to protected trees: those under a tree preservation order need consent for pruning or felling, and trees in a conservation area need six weeks written notice before work starts. The council assesses the amenity value of the tree and can refuse consent, approve it with conditions, or in conservation areas make a preservation order in response.
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