Ground Floor Flat 137 Muswell Avenue Hornsey London N10 2EN Data via plota.co.uk

HGY/2026/1315 - Works to trees in Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

Street tree: maple (T1) - prune back to boundary line of 137 Muswell Avenue, up to 2m off. Reason: to allow more light into building and front garden. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
around 8 May 2026
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Approved
2 Jun 2026

Approved on 2 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 22 Aug 2026

Site constraints 5

26 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.
Air quality management area: Haringey 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 ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Haringey built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 2 (poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Metropolitan Open Land about 96 m away.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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, Transport for London (public transport access levels, Powered by TfL Open Data, OGL v3.0, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025) 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.

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Important details

Council
Haringey
Application type
Works to trees in Conservation Area
Postcode
N10 2EN
Received
around 8 May 2026
Validated
8 May 2026
Ward
Fortis Green
Case officer
Show
Decision
No Objection
Decision date
2 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 25 days from validation, about the council's usual 27 days. Approved, as 98% of tree works here are.

79%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
357decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 22 Aug 2026

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Haringey
Planning Authority Score
4/10
Below average
#192 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Haringey is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #209 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) 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
Haringey decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
85%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #206 of 296
91%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #174 of 296
55%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #209 of 296
40%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #151 of 296
83%
Minor dwellings approved
279 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
8 decided (10+ homes)
46%
Change of use approved
28 decided
1,469
Total decisions
217 refused in the year to March 2026