Planning application
Buckingham Palace Road Garden Eccleston Place London SW1W 9NE
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
T109 & T110 - lift low canopy to 3 meters to allow erection of fixed parasol underneath each tree.
As published by the council, reference 26/02835/TCA
Application record
- Reference
- 26/02835/TCA
- Type
- Applic. for works to trees in CA
- Status
- Pending
- Received
- 29 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 29 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Knightsbridge & Belgravia
- Postcode
- SW1W 9NE
Site history
Applications at this address on the Westminster register
This site has had 4 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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26/04471/TCA Awaiting decision
Buckingham Palace Road Garden Eccleston Place London SW1W 9NE
T102 - Platanus x hispanica: Remove suspended/broken limb(s) - removing the broken branch overhanging the public footpath at 4 m.
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26/01429/TCA Granted
Buckingham Palace Road Garden Eccleston Place London SW1W 9NE
1 x Pittosporum tenuifolium (T107), and 1 x Indian bean tree (T109): Prune to clear adjacent building by 1.5 m.
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25/09305/TCA Granted
Buckingham Palace Road Garden Eccleston Place London SW1W 9NE
1 x London Plane (T102): Remove the decayed limb at 8 metres overhanging the pavement back to the collar and reducing the decayed limbs above over the pavement at approximately 10-11 metres in height, by around 3 metres in length. Reduce the decayed lowest limb over the garden by 2-2.5 m.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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29 Apr 2026
Received by Westminster
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 24 June 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Westminster took a median of 66 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
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Cook Arboricultural Services Agent
32 applications on PlanIndex · across 6 councils · 100% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
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This application is with Westminster for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Westminster decided tree works applications in a median of 39 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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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