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36 Highbury Place, London, N5 1QP

Decided Islington P2025/1782/TRE Tree Works Notification in Conservation Area

Works: Trees

Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.

Proposal

Rear Garden: growing within the curtilage of 37 Highbury Place, overhanging No.36 Highbury Place: G1: Mixed species group of small trees: Approximately 6.00m: Reduce lateral and sub lateral branches overhanging No.36 by up to 1.20m. Reduce crown heights by up to 1.20m reducing over long branches back into main crown structure. Thin crown density by 20%. General maintenance/Control encroachment. T1: Magnolia: Approximately 6.00m: Reduce crown by approximately 1.20m. Thin crown density by 20%. General maintenance. T2: Elder: Approximately 6.00m: Thin crown density by 20%-25%. reduce crown by approximately 1.20m. General maintenance. T3: Birch: Approximately 7.00m: Reduce crown by approximately 1.20m. General maintenance. T4: Cherry: Approximately 4.00m: Reduce back to previous and most recent reduction points approximately 30-40cm. General maintenance.

As published by the council, reference P2025/1782/TRE

Application record

Reference
P2025/1782/TRE
Type
Tree Works Notification in Conservation Area
Status
Decided (details on the council site) As published: FINAL DECISION
Received
18 Jun 2025
Validated
15 Aug 2025
Ward
Highbury
Postcode
N5 1QP

Site history

Applications at this address on the Islington register

This site has had 2 applications since 2019: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • P2019/3730/TRE Granted

    36 Highbury Place, London, N5 1QP

    Rear garden Birch - Reduce crown height by approximately 20% (1.00-1.50m). Thin crown density by 20%. Reduce lateral and sub lateral branches by approximately 75cm.

    Decided 20 Dec 2019 Trees

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 18 Jun 2025

    Received by Islington

  2. 15 Aug 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 25 Jul 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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After the decision

Islington has decided this application; the outcome above is the register's own wording and the decision notice on the council portal carries the detail. 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.

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    P2019/3730/TRE Submitted 17 Dec 2019 50 yards away

    Rear garden Birch - Reduce crown height by approximately 20% (1.00-1.50m). Thin crown density by 20%. Reduce lateral and sub lateral branches by approximately 75cm.

    Granted Trees 3 docs

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    P2025/1843/TRE Submitted 25 Jun 2025 50 yards away

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    P2025/1822/TRE Submitted 23 Jun 2025 50 yards away

    99% historically approved · decision due ~13 Oct

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