Planning application
270C, Kew Road, Kew, Richmond, TW9 3EE
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
A1- A4; sycamore trees A1 -A3; Triple stemmed sycamore - thin crown by 20% and remove dead wood A4; sycamore - thin crown by 20% and remove dead wood B2 and B4; Leylandi trees - fell to ground level and grind out stumps B3; Bay tree - reshape crown by 1 metre overall creating a uniform shape Yew tree - Boundary of 272 and 270 Kew Road properties - cut back lower hanging growth on 270 Kew Road side which is encroaching on the ground structure. The sycamore tree works are maintenance. The squirrels eat their branches resulting in branches weakening and falling to the ground in winds. Branches have previously fallen into neighbours' garden posing a safety risk. Maintaining the canopy size reduces this safety risk and assists with light. Felling of the Leylandi trees (B2 and B4) and maintaing another 2 Leylandi trees (D) will enable more light into the lower ground floor and raised ground floor flats. Currently the Leylandi closest to the building (B4) completely blocks out the light of the lower flats. The bottom branches are also dead (see attached photo taken from raised ground floor flat front door). These Leylandi are also water loving and therefore it has been a struggle for plants to grow around them. By removing these Leylandi whilst keeping the other 10 large trees (2 Leylandi, 3 sycamore, 1 bay, 2 apples, 1 fig, 1 laburnum) in the garden, ground water levels will remain manageable. The plan is furthermore to plant, minimum 6, further lighter canopied trees that increase the biodiversity of the garden whilst minimising light obstruction.
As published by the council, reference PA25/4353
Application record
- Reference
- PA25/4353
- Type
- Works to Tree/s in Conservation Area
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Raise No objection
- Received
- 5 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 5 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 9 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Kew Ward [KWW]
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TW9 3EE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 Dec 2025
Received by Richmond upon Thames
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9 Jan 2026
Decision issued: Raise No objection
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13 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
3 documents on file for this application
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The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
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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