53 Elsworthy Road London NW3 3BS Data via plota.co.uk

2026/1462/T - Notification of Intended Works to Tree(s) in a Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

REAR GARDEN: 1 x Magnolia (T1) - Crown reduction of approx. 1m in height and 1m lateral spread, approx. 20% reduction. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
around 15 Apr 2026
✓
Approved
12 May 2026

Approved on 12 May 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 21 Sept 2026

Site constraints 7

Elsworthy conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Article 4 direction
Basements. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Air quality management area: Camden AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Registered park or garden about 51 m away: Primrose Hill
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Camden built-up area; Designated open space about 22 m away; Metropolitan Open Land about 51 m away.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £424,800 in September 1996. Terraced house, freehold.

5 September 1996£424,800

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Camden
Application type
Notification of Intended Works to Tree(s) in a Conservation Area
Postcode
NW3 3BS
Received
around 15 Apr 2026
Validated
15 Apr 2026
Ward
Primrose Hill
Case officer
Show
Decision
No Objection to Works to Tree(s) in CA
Decision date
12 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Treehab

How this decision compares

Decided in 27 days from validation, about the council's usual 28 days. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

98%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
1,001decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Camden in the last twelve months, from validation. Camden decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
14 Apr 2026
Camden
Planning Authority Score
3.1/10
Poor
#231 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Camden is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #242 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (88%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Camden decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #149 of 296
88%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #215 of 296
49%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #242 of 296
41%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #158 of 296
90%
Minor dwellings approved
467 decided (1-9 homes)
80%
Major dwellings approved
10 decided (10+ homes)
93%
Change of use approved
46 decided
1,973
Total decisions
234 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.