Planning application
P2025/2094/TRE
68 Highbury Hill, London
Proposal
(T1) Lime - Re-pollard new growth back to previous pruning points (2m) to: - Manage the tree's size and shape. - Access light to the property. - Gain clearance from the building. - Remove branches encroaching over the public footpath, ensuring pedestrian safety and access. This work aims to maintain the tree's health, manage its size, and ensure safety and accessibility around the property and public footpath.
As published by the council, reference P2025/2094/TRE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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21 Jul 2025
Received by Islington
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21 Aug 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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25 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 Islington 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.
Nearby applications
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P2021/1749/TRE Granted
68 Highbury Hill, London, N5 1AP
Rear garden (T1) Horse Chestnut - Fell (remove tree). N.B. Previous consent given for removal in 2016 but not actioned (ref:P2016/3533/TRE).Top 10-12 metres of the tree has died. Retain nearby Horse Chestnut, which is in reasonable condition - no action required. Front garden (T2) Lime - Reduce the crown of the tree back to the most recent points of reduction (3 metres). N.B. Pruning cuts are not to extend below most recent reduction points
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P2025/2664/TRE Awaiting decision
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P2025/2527/TRE Awaiting decision
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We propose pruning the Willow Tree in the rear garden of 58 Highbury Hill, London, N5 1AP. This tree was last pruned in 2021 and is in need of pruning given the 4 years of growth since. We propose that for this Willow Tree we: • Reduce the canopy by 33%. This would be undertaken using a combination of crown thinning and crown reduction, i.e. "drop-crotching” or “reduction via thinning” • Remove any deadwood and branch stubs (to the branch collar) that exist as a consequence of previous poor and unprofessional pruning. We propose all these works be undertaken by a reputable and professional tree surgeon working to BS 3998. The willow tree is within influencing distance of our property and geological maps indicate that the soils are shrinkable. Besides providing professional management of the tree, the works proposed would also reduce the subsidence risk to the property where there has been historical suspected subsidence due to the tree. In future we propose maintaining the willow tree at this reduced size via pruning by a professional tree surgeon working to BS 3998 every 3 - 5 years.
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P2026/0153/FUL Granted
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P2026/0692/TRE Granted
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P2025/2391/TRE Awaiting decision
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P2026/1357/TRE Granted
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