Planning application
25/09392/TCA
31 Avenue Road NW8 6BS
Proposal
T1 1 x ash: reduce height by approx. 3m back to previous points. T2 1 x cypress: cut back from building to give 2m clearance. T3 1 x hawthorn: reduce height by 1.5m and shape sides to balance. T4 1 x sycamore: fell. T5 1 x pear: reduce lateral branches growing towards house back to previous, most recent reduction points.
As published by the council, reference 25/09392/TCA
Timeline
Dates from the published record
-
8 Dec 2025
Received by Westminster
-
15 Dec 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
-
23 Jan 2026
Decision issued: No objections
-
20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
What a grant of permission means
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.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
-
26/01186/TCA Awaiting decision
21 Avenue Road NW8 6BS
T1 - Willow to fell, as too close to house. G1 - Limes - to re-pollard to allow more light.
-
25/09340/FULL Refused
46 Townshend Road London NW8 6LE
Erection of a single storey front, side and rear extension including enlargement of existing roof lantern and installation of rooflights. Installation of 2 air conditioning units to the rear elevation of the dwelling, and erection of bin store.
-
2010/4164/T Granted
5 Rudgwick Terrace Avenue Road London NW8 6BR
REAR GARDEN: (TPO C90) - 1 x Lime - Thin canopy by 30% and reduce all new growth back to previous points of reduction
-
26/03770/TELNOT Decided
British Telecom 41 - 43 Townshend Road London NW8 6LL
Removal of 3no. /Antennas at 20m, 3no. /Antennas at 20.5m and l5no. ERS's at high and ground level; the installation of 2no. Antennas at 20.8m, /no. Antenna at 2l3m, 2no. Antennas at 21.5m, /no. Antenna at 22m and 12no. RRU's at high level; as well as the installation and removal of further ancillary equipment.
-
2018/2252/P Granted
Flat 1 22 Avenue Road London NW8 6BU
Installation of new roof above existing conservatory to ground floor flat.
-
2022/1936/P Granted
22 Avenue Road London NW8 6BU
Replacement of timber windows with aluminium windows to all elevations, replacement external steps with new handrails, and level access from vehicle access ramp to entrance to flats (Class C3)
Other trees applications
In Westminster
-
26/04965/TPO Awaiting decision
St Augustines Vicarage Kilburn Park Road London NW6 5XB
3 x Lime - Crown reduce all new growth back to the previous reduction points (approx. 1.8m height and 1.5m spread). Remove trunk and basal growth. 3 x London Plane - Remove trunk growth, crown thin by 10% and remove dead wood. Crown lift long pendulous growth to a height of 6.0m from ground level. Maintenance works in line with good arboricultural practice
-
26/04918/TCA Awaiting decision
29 - 31 Hill Street London W1J 5LS
T1 (Aesculus sp.) - laterally crown reduce by 1.0-1.5m as identified by the red lines shown on T1-SK1 and T1-SK2; and T2 (Pyrus calleryana) laterally crown reduce by 1.5m as identified by the red line shown on T2-SK1. Measured pruning extents to supplement the aforementioned sketches are shown on the 260675-TMA-XX-DR-AP-2300-P00 and 260675-TMA-XX-DR-AP-2400-P00 plans, which show the site in its existing and approved contexts respectively. The pruning to the aforementioned 2no. trees is required, in order to facilitate the installation of a scaffold frame around the existing building at the Site, which is required in order to facilitate the implementation of Full Planning Permission 25/01006/FULL ('the Permission'). In determining the Permission, no arboricultural information was submitted to facilitate its determination; and no conditions require the provision of tree-related information. However, the specified pruning is required to facilitate the implementation of the Permission, hence this Section 211 Notification. For the avoidance of doubt, according to the Delegated Report related to the Permission, the Arboricultural Officers were not a consultee. This Section 211 Notification is therefore submitted to regularise the required pruning to the affected 2no. trees in the only known manner that is feasible relative to the conditional elements of the Permission. The red line planning boundary is shown on all of the plans submitted to this Section 211 Notification; data related to both surveyed trees is also included in the submitted schedule (that uses the BS 5837:2012 methodology).
-
26/04928/TCA Awaiting decision
3 Acacia Place NW8 6AJ
Fell willow-leaved pear T3 and Chusan palm T11. Additionally, the dead birch T2 is to be felled under the 5-day dead, diseased, dangerous exemption. The pear T3 is wrapped around the dead T2 for support and thus cannot be retained.
-
26/04937/TCA Awaiting decision
18 Greville Place London NW6 5JH
T7 wild cherry 10 350 Remove; grind out stump to 300mm below ground level
-
26/04938/TPO Awaiting decision
11 Cavendish Avenue London NW8 9JD
Tree B Common Lime- Pare around damage to the bark. Remove splintered loose sapwood. Reduce affected stem to about 12m +GL) Preserve all side growth. Tree C Common Lime- Pare around damage to the bark. Remove broken extremity to branch arising at about 8m+GL; cut back to sound growth.