Highgate Cemetery Swain's Lane London N6 6PJ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Restoration, conservation, demolition, replacement and erection of buildings in East Side and West Side of Highgate Cemetery, including erection of visitor and operations building, erection of a community/education building, and relocation of Perkins monument on the West Side, Cemetery wide landscaping, drainage, public realm, access works and repair of mausolea, to support the function of a working cemetery, visitor and community uses. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 12 Aug 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 17 Aug 2026
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- 24 mEastern boundary wall to Highgate (Western) CemeteryGrade II
- 50 mTomb of John Kemp and family in Highgate (Western) CemeteryGrade II
- 50 mTomb of John Atcheler in Highgate (Western) CemeteryGrade II
- 57 mTomb of Michael Faraday in Highgate (Western) CemeteryGrade II
- 59 mTomb of Thomas Sayers in Highgate (Western) CemeteryGrade II
- 59 mTomb of Samuel Lucas and Margaret Bright Lucas in Highgate (Western) CemeteryGrade II
- 65 mMonument to Joseph Hodgson in Highgate (Western) CemeteryGrade II
- 68 mTomb of Charles Green Spencer in Highgate (Western) CemeteryGrade II
- 69 mThe Cutting Catacombs in Highgate (Western) CemeteryGrade II
- 74 mMonument to Henry GrayGrade II
- 78 mMemorial to Sir Rowland Hill in Highgate (Western) CemeteryGrade II
- 84 mMonument to Mary NicholsGrade II
- 84 mTomb of John Jeffkins in Highgate (Western) CemeteryGrade II
- 94 mTomb of Frank Holl and family in Highgate (Western) CemeteryGrade II
- 97 mNorth East Lodge and Gates to Highgate (Western) CemeteryGrade II
- 98 mTomb of Alfred Robert Freebairn in Highgate (Western) CemeteryGrade II
- 100 mTomb of Frederick Lillywhite in Highgate (Western) CemeteryGrade II
- 104 mThe Egyptian Avenue and Lebanon Circle (Inner and Outer Circles),highgate Western CemeteryGrade I
- 105 mTomb of Thomas Charles Druce in Highgate (Western) CemeteryGrade II
- 107 mMonument to John Galsworthy in Highgate (Western) CemeteryGrade II
- 110 mMonument to Brodie McGhie WilcoxGrade II
- 114 mCory-Wright MausoleumGrade II
- 117 mTomb of Charles Cruft in Highgate (Western) CemeteryGrade II
- 123 mMonument to Stephen GearyGrade II
- 124 mMonument to Federick Ibbetson in Highgate (Western) CemeteryGrade II
- 124 mThe Catacombs and Terrace in Highgate (Western) CemeteryGrade II*
- 126 mMausoleum of Carl Rosa in Highgate (Western) CemeteryGrade II
- 128 mListed buildings 1378904
- 131 mMonument to Charles Oppenheim in Highgate (Western) CemeteryGrade II
- 131 mTomb of John Wells and family in Highgate (Western) CemeteryGrade II
- 132 mTomb of George Wombwell in Highgate (Western) CemeteryGrade II
- 133 mMonument to Mrs Esther Uzielli in Highgate (Western) CemeteryGrade II
- 136 mMausoleum of Henry Eaton, Lord Cheylesmore in Highgate (Western) CemeteryGrade II
- 136 m'youth', Sculpture on Circular Brick Plinth in the GardenGrade II
- 138 mTomb of Sarah Godbee and family in Highgate (Western) CemeteryGrade II
- 139 m6, Bacon's Lane With Attached StepsGrade II
- 145 mMausoleum of Hartley family in Highgate (Western) CemeteryGrade II
- 146 mTomb of Joseph Edwards in Highgate (Western) CemeteryGrade II
- 148 mTomb of Elizabeth Whalley in Highgate (Western) CemeteryGrade II
- 149 mMonument to Samuel Sanders Teulon in Highgate (Western) CemeteryGrade II
Checked on 2 November 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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Decided in 616 days from validation, 566 days slower than Camden's median of 50 for listed building works. Approved, as 98% of listed building works here are.
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