Planning application
26/03255/TPO
3 Abbey Road London NW8 9AY
Proposal
3 Abbey Road: 1 x horse chestnut (T1, front): crown reduce to previous, most recent reduction points, retaining shortened furnishing growth and at least 50% of fine branch structure to maintain crown continuity. 1 x wingnut (T2, front): Crown reduce by approx. 2m, to suitable secondary growth; retaining furnishing and a naturally balanced canopy outline. Crown lift to give 3m clearance from ground level, by shortening lowest branches. 5 Abbey Road: 1 x lime (T3, front): crown reduce by approx. 2m, to suitable secondary growth; retaining furnishing and a naturally balanced canopy outline. Reduce roadside limb (at about 9m) by about 2.5m.
As published by the council, reference 26/03255/TPO
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 May 2026
Received by Westminster
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26 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
The statutory target is eight weeks for most applications and thirteen for major development. Extensions of time are common.
What happens while it is decided
The process from here
This application is with Westminster for determination. The council publicises it, consults neighbours and technical bodies where required, and weighs the responses against local and national planning policy.
The statutory target is eight weeks for most applications and thirteen for major development, though extensions of time are common. Comments carry most weight while the case is undecided, so check the council portal for the deadline if you want to respond.
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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26/03370/TPO Awaiting decision
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26/02531/CLEUD Awaiting decision
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25/06432/TPO Granted
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25/06605/TCA Granted
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1 x Magnolia (front): Prune back to most recent, previous reduction points, leaving shortened furnishing growth and 50% internal fine branch structure.
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25/08616/FULL Granted
Second Floor Flat 41 Alma Square NW8 9PY
The addition of a roof lights to the existing butterfly roof for the second floor flat.
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26/03614/TPO Granted
31A Grove End Road London NW8 9LY
1 x lime (T1): Reduce branches towards the house by 1-1.5 metres (to go no further than the previous cutting points). Reduce and shape branches towards the adjacent block of flats known as Grove End Gardens by 2-3 metres (to leave flowing crown outline, whilst retaining the internal branch foliage). Reduce the length of the dead stems in the upper crown by 2-3 metres, cutting them back to live side shoots to act as a framework for future growth). Remove all the remaining dead wood.
Other trees applications
In Westminster
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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
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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).
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26/04928/TCA Awaiting decision
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26/04937/TCA Awaiting decision
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26/04938/TPO Awaiting decision
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