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TCP/0677/26 - Trees Pending Consideration

Proposal

1 x Poplar (applicants ref. T1) - Dismantle snapped out stems as per photo. 2 x Holly (applicants ref. T2, T3) - Fell to as close to ground level as possible. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 28 Oct 2026, 18:53

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Application progress

✓

Received

26 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 7 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 2 Dec 2026, from Barnet's recent tree and landscaping works.

Documents 3

Plans & drawings 2

PDF SKETCH PLAN Drawing · 23 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF THE LOCATION PLAN Site Location Plan · 23 Oct 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application Form · 23 Oct 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 12

Green belt: London

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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Totteridge 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 ↗

2 Article 4 directions

Article 4 Agricultural Land Restriction Area 1 · Article 4 Small Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) Area 1. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.

Agricultural land, grade 3a

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Archaeological priority area

An assessment or field evaluation may be asked for before ground works.

The council or Historic England considers archaeology likely here. A desk-based assessment, and sometimes trial trenching, can be asked for with the application.

Air quality management area: Barnet 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 ↗

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Local nature reserve 359 m away: Totteridge Fields; 1 listed building within 150 m; Tree preservation order 12 m away: The London Borough of Barnet (St. Edwards College, Totteridge Common, N.20) Tree Preservation Order 1979 made under The Town and Country Planning Act, 1971; Public transport access: PTAL 1b (very poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Open access land 19 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed..

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 28 October 2026. 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: Barnet
Application type: Trees
Postcode: N20 8ND
Received: 26 Oct 2026
Validated: 26 Oct 2026
Ward: Totteridge & Woodside
Target decision: 7 Dec 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Woodland Tree Surgery

Decision outlook

Day 3 of the 56-day target. Barnet usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 37.

prediction

Day 353 days to the 56-day target

95%decided within 8 weeks

98%approved

451decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 28 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15321333
Planning Portal ref: PP-15321333
Statutory expiry: 7 Dec 2026

Barnet

Planning Authority Score

6.2/10

Average

#90 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Barnet is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #42 out of 296. Only 25% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Barnet is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 82% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils

only 82% approved vs 90% nationally

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Barnet decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

75%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #285 of 296

82%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #264 of 296

79%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #42 of 296

25%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #29 of 296

55%

Minor dwellings approved

319 decided (1-9 homes)

90%

Major dwellings approved

21 decided (10+ homes)

41%

Change of use approved

132 decided

2,541

Total decisions

625 refused in the year to March 2026