Planning application
36-38 Mary Holben House Thrale Road SW16 1NX
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
TPO 53/1984 T141. Holly Tree: Fell tree. T143. Norway Maple: Lift tree by 4 metres over the road
As published by the council, reference 2026/0171
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/0171
- Type
- Works to a T.P.O. Tree
- Status
- FINAL DECISION
- Decision
- Approve with Conditions
- Received
- 14 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 27 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 4 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Furzedown
- Decision by
- Delegated Fast
- Postcode
- SW16 1NX
Site history
Applications at this address on the Wandsworth register
This site has had 4 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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2025/0900 Withdrawn
36-38 Mary Holben House Thrale Road SW16 1NX
SENT EMAIL TO RYAN FOR FURTHER COMMENTS T1. Cherry Tree. 14 metres in height. 4 metres in width. Fell to ground level. Growing far too close to the building eventually will be touching the building blocking natural sunlight. Situated in the rear garden of Mary Holben House. T2. Yucca Tree. 12 metres in height. 8 metres in width. Reduce all limbs by 3 metres leaving the tree 5 metres in width and 9 metres in height. Tree is towering over the residential building and has become very overgrown and blocking a lot of natural sunlight, also leaning over the building. Reshape to tidy tree. Situated next to T1 in the rear garden. T3. Ash Tree. 8 metres in height. 2 metres in width. Fell tree as it has become very overgrown and growing out of the Laurel Hedge, making this garden look very untidy. Situated on the rear left corner of the building. T4. Holly Tree. 4 metres in height. 1.5 metres in width. Fell as tree has become overgrown and blocking light next to the building also shadowing over the garden. Situated next to T3 in the corner of the rear garden. T5. Sycamore Tree. 16 metres in height. 8 metres in width. Remove hanging, broken limb. Lift to 5 metres and cut back by 2 metres leaving the tree 6 metres in width. To allow light in on the grass area and to allow the path way to be usable for resident that live there. Situated in the rear garden
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2025/0164 Withdrawn
36-38 Mary Holben House Thrale Road SW16 1NX
Asked to withdraw T1. Yucca Tree. 12 metres in height. 8 metres in width. Reduce all limbs by 2-3 metres, leaving the tree 10 metres in height and 4 metres in width. this is to make the tree look more tidy as it is very overgrown. Situated in the rear garden. T2. Ash Tree. 8 metres in height. 2 metres in width.. Fell to ground level. Tree is growing out of Laurel hedge and look overgrown. Situated by the shed of the left hand side of rear garden.
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2025/0017 Withdrawn
36-38 Mary Holben House Thrale Road SW16 1NX
T1. Cherry Tree. 14 metres in height 4 metres in width. Fell To ground level. Tree is growing far too close to the building will eventually be obstructing the building also tree is very overgorwn. This application is non CA and Non TPO
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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14 Jan 2026
Received by Wandsworth
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27 Jan 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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4 Feb 2026
Decision issued: Approve with Conditions
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10 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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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Wandsworth granted permission on 4 February 2026, 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.
Nearby applications
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36-38 Mary Holben House Thrale Road SW16 1NX
SENT EMAIL TO RYAN FOR FURTHER COMMENTS T1. Cherry Tree. 14 metres in height. 4 metres in width. Fell to ground level. Growing far too close to the building eventually will be touching the building blocking natural sunlight. Situated in the rear garden of Mary Holben House. T2. Yucca Tree. 12 metres in height. 8 metres in width. Reduce all limbs by 3 metres leaving the tree 5 metres in width and 9 metres in height. Tree is towering over the residential building and has become very overgrown and blocking a lot of natural sunlight, also leaning over the building. Reshape to tidy tree. Situated next to T1 in the rear garden. T3. Ash Tree. 8 metres in height. 2 metres in width. Fell tree as it has become very overgrown and growing out of the Laurel Hedge, making this garden look very untidy. Situated on the rear left corner of the building. T4. Holly Tree. 4 metres in height. 1.5 metres in width. Fell as tree has become overgrown and blocking light next to the building also shadowing over the garden. Situated next to T3 in the corner of the rear garden. T5. Sycamore Tree. 16 metres in height. 8 metres in width. Remove hanging, broken limb. Lift to 5 metres and cut back by 2 metres leaving the tree 6 metres in width. To allow light in on the grass area and to allow the path way to be usable for resident that live there. Situated in the rear garden
Withdrawn Trees 2 docs -
36-38 Mary Holben House Thrale Road SW16 1NX
Asked to withdraw T1. Yucca Tree. 12 metres in height. 8 metres in width. Reduce all limbs by 2-3 metres, leaving the tree 10 metres in height and 4 metres in width. this is to make the tree look more tidy as it is very overgrown. Situated in the rear garden. T2. Ash Tree. 8 metres in height. 2 metres in width.. Fell to ground level. Tree is growing out of Laurel hedge and look overgrown. Situated by the shed of the left hand side of rear garden.
Withdrawn Trees 3 docsSmall domestic -
36-38 Mary Holben House Thrale Road SW16 1NX
T1. Cherry Tree. 14 metres in height 4 metres in width. Fell To ground level. Tree is growing far too close to the building will eventually be obstructing the building also tree is very overgorwn. This application is non CA and Non TPO
Withdrawn Trees 3 docs -
45 Thrale Road London SW16 1NT
Erection of an outbuilding to rear of garden.
Granted Householder 7 docsSmall domestic -
3 Flat 5 Fayland Avenue SW16 1TB
TPO 416/2010 T4 = T1 Cherry, T1 Ash = T2 Plane is no TPO T1 Cherry (x1) Fell to ground level. Reason: Leaning at 45 degrees and 90% of the crown is overhanging the driveway of No.1 Abbotsleigh Rd. Trunk is only 50cm from the boundary wall between the two properties, which has large cracks in the brickwork. No.1 Also had a crack above the ground floor window near the tree. (See photos). Subsidence caused by the nearby trees seems a likely cause (no formal surveyance has been carried out.) T2 London Plane (x1) Fell to ground level. Reason: Has regrown from a stump, pushing out front boundary wall which is cracked and leaning. Previously felled in 2013: T3 Ash (x1) Fell to ground level. Reason: Self-seeded, has regrown from a stump. Only 1m from the side of No.1 Abbotsleigh Rd.
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Withdrawn Lawful development 3 docs
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