4, Bingham Street, London, N1 2QQ Data via plota.co.uk

P2026/2276/TRE - Works application to tree with Tree Preservation Order FIRST STAGE REVIEW
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Rear garden area: Lime T1 (15M high, 850mm dia.) - Trim the tree’s crown by up to 3 metres, cutting back to the most recent reduction points. Reason: Routine crown maintenance for a tree that has previously undergone crown reduction. Oak T2 (15M high, 300mm dia.) - Trim the crown’s lateral growth to half its height, reducing it by up to 1 meter all around, and thin the entire crown by about 10%. Data via plota.co.uk

Track application Save this application and get an email when its status or decision changes. Alerts nearby Get email alerts for new planning applications near this address.
View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
28 Aug 2026
✓
Validated
2 Sept 2026
Decision
Target date was 27 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 29 Oct 2026; it is now day 57.

Documents

View the documents on the council's website ↗

Site constraints 10

Article 4 directionSite within 100m of a SRN RoadCanonburyWithin 50m of Newington GreenII
Grade II listed: Numbers 1-6 (Consecutive) and Attached Railings
List entry 1280999 · 9 m away · 17 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade II*, 16 Grade II)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Show the other 17 with distances
Historic England ↗
Canonbury 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 ↗
Air quality management area: Islington 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 ↗
Article 4 directionCouncil record
Some permitted development rights are withdrawn. The direction is on the council's register but not published as open data.
Council site ↗
Site within 100m of a SRN RoadCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
CanonburyCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Within 50m of Newington GreenCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
IICouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Islington built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 5 (very good), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £1,575,000 in March 2019. Terraced house, freehold.

4 March 2019£1,575,000

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

Building

Floor area174 m² (1,873 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (57 out of 100)
PropertyMid-terrace house, 5 habitable rooms
Built1900 to 1929
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in August 2011, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

Work with planning data?

Every application in Islington - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.

About Plota's data service

Other new applications on this street

29 Sept 2026Pending

12 Bingham Street, London, N1 2QQ

Construction of single storey rear extension. Installation of new rooflights and...

P2026/2498/FUL
4 Aug 2026Approved

5 Bingham Street, London, N1 2QQ

Front garden: Magnolia (T1) - reduce crown back to previous cuts, taking 1.5m o

P2026/1971/TRE

Nearby new applications

27 Oct 2026Pending

40, St Paul's Road, London, N1 2QW

Apple/Crab Apple (T1) - felling and removal of stump and roots

P2026/2781/TRE
22 Oct 2026Pending

15 Canonbury Park South, London, N1 2JR

Proposed installation of an internal air conditioning unit with external rear wa...

P2026/2709/FUL
20 Oct 2026Pending

49, Flat A, Ockendon Road, London, N1 3NL

T1 - Sycamore Stem diameter at 1.5m above ground level was measured as 640mm. ...

P2026/2713/TRE
15 Oct 2026Pending

2A Arran Walk, London, N1 2TL

Variation of Condition 2 of permission ref: P2024/3716/FUL dated 21/05/2026 whic...

P2026/2628/S73
15 Oct 2026Pending

2A Arran Walk, London, N1 2TL

Variation of Condition 2 of permission ref: P2024/3716/FUL dated 21/05/2026 whic...

P2026/2630/S73
14 Oct 2026Pending

21 Ockendon Road, London, N1 3NN

Erection of a mansard roof extension with four dormers (two to the front and two...

P2026/2675/FUL

Important details

Council
Islington
Application type
Works application to tree with Tree Preservation Order
Postcode
N1 2QQ
Received
28 Aug 2026
Validated
2 Sept 2026
Ward
Mildmay
Case officer
Show
Target decision
27 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Richard Wassell

Decision outlook

Day 57, past the statutory target. 100% of tree and landscaping works in Islington are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 2 Dec 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 28 Oct 2026.

Day 571 days past the 56-day target
98%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
527decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15177738

Historical activity at this location

35 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2023 Approved
Rear garden (TPO ref: TPO 329/2007) T1 (TPO T5)Tilia sp. (Lime) - Pollard (crown reduce)…
P2023/0904/TRE
2023 Withdrawn
Rear garden (T2) Quercus robur (oak) - Cut back to boundary (T3) Ficus carica (Fig)- Redu…
P2023/0682/TRE
2020 Approved
Rear garden (T1) Sorbus aria (Whitebeam) - Reshape by removing 3-4m off one side to balan…
P2020/2205/TRE
2019 Approved
Demolition of shed building in the back garden
P2019/3274/LBC
2019 Approved
Internal works including alterations at lower ground floor, reconfiguration of bathroom a…
P2019/2482/LBC
2018 Approved
Internal and external alterations at basement and first floor level including the creatio…
P2018/3870/FUL
2018 Approved
Internal and external alterations at basement and first floor level including the creatio…
P2018/3946/LBC
2018 Approved
Replacement of non original mansard windows and minor internal alterations.
P2018/3999/LBC
2018 Approved
Replacement of non original mansard windows and minor internal alterations.
P2018/3925/FUL
2016 Approved
Rear garden: 2 x Lime (T2) and (T3) - Subject to tree preservation order LBI TPO (NO.329)…
P2016/1839/TRE
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Refused
Pavement opposite 246 St Paul's Road, London, N1 2LJ
The proposed deployment of a Street Hub 3 unit with 75 inch integrated advertisement disp…
P2025/3614/FUL
2025 Refused
Pavement opposite 246 St Paul's Road, London, N1 2LJ
The proposed deployment of a Street Hub 3 unit with 75 inch integrated advertisement disp…
P2025/3613/ADV
2025 Refused
223 Ball's Pond Road, London, N1 4BE
Erection of first floor side/rear extension.
P2025/1412/FUL
2025
154A, Ball's Pond Road, London, N1 4AA
T1 Lime tree. Intended works : re-pollarding
P2025/2695/TRE
2025
3 Newington Green Road, London, N1 4QP
T1 - Lime - Reduce crown to points of previous reduction (3m branch length removal approx…
P2025/0845/TRE
2024 Approved
Arboretum Court, 8 Dove Road, London, N1 3GE
Windows replacement works. All windows to be replaced with aluminium/crittal double glaze…
P2024/2564/FUL
2024 Approved
138-140 Ball's Pond Road, London, N1 4AD
Erection of mansard roof extensions to No’s 138-140 Balls Point Road for use as additiona…
P2024/2575/FUL
2024 Approved
Canonbury Heights East, 9 Henshall Street, London, N1 3GA
Replacement of windows and communal doors, new pedestrian entrance and reorganisation of…
P2024/0249/FUL
2024
73 Mildmay Street, London, N1 4AQ
Conversion of decommissioned commercial kitchen area and smaller day lounges to older per…
P2024/2115/FUL
2024 Approved
186-188 Ball's Pond Road, London, N1 4AA
Replace (non heritage) flat entrance doors and frames with half hour fire door sets and n…
P2024/0119/LBC
2024
19 Mildmay Street London Islington N1 4AB
Erection of a rear outbuilding.
P2024/0797
2023 Approved
162 Ball's Pond Road, London, N1 4AA
Retrospective application of Single-storey Rear Extension and skylight.
P2023/3338/FUL
2023 Approved
Leroy House, 434-436 Essex Road, London, N1 3QP
Erection of signage associated with Leroy House comprising three internally illuminated 3…
P2023/0177/ADV
2022 Approved
436 Leroy House, Essex Road, London, N1 3QP
Alterations to existing building elevations including new risers, shutter doors, louvers…
P2022/0226/FUL
2022 Approved
136 Ball's Pond Road, London, N1 4AD
Mansard roof extension to provide one new 1-bed residential dwelling unit.
P2022/0573/FUL
2022 Approved
Flat A, 182-184 Ball's Pond Road, London, N1 4AA
Replacement of wall render with lime based render and improving building ventilation.
P2022/3013/LBC
2022 Approved
John Kennedy Lodge, 73 Mildmay Street, London, N1 4AQ
Replacement of all single glazed crittal windows with double glazed UPVC windows.
P2022/2072/FUL
2021 Approved
18 Mildmay Street, London, N1 4AB
Installation of rooflights to the front and rear roof slope.
P2021/3676/FUL
2021 Approved
3 Newington Green Road, London, N1 4QP
Front garden Sycamore (T1) - reduce crown by a maximum of 2-2.5m, to create natural flowi…
P2021/2947/TRE
2021 Approved
182-184 Ball's Pond Road, London, N1 4AA
Replacement of the rear communal ground floor door.
P2021/0585/LBC
2018 Approved
Rear garden 3 Newington Green Road, London, N1 4QP
Rear Garden - 1 x Lime tree: Crown reduce back to previous points. Reduce spread to balan…
P2018/1104/TRE
2017
5 Bingham Street LONDON N1 2QQ
T1 Magnolia soulangeana 'Purpurea' in front garden - Fair: Reduced, takes light - Crown r…
P2017/3477/TRE
2017 Refused
231 Ball's Pond Road London N1 4BE
Replacement of existing advertising panel with 2.56m x 3.84m LED digital advertisement.
P2017/2612/ADV
2016 Approved
188 Ball's Pond Road Islington LONDON N1 4AA
Replacement and remedial works to the lath and plaster ceilings of the hallway and the li…
P2016/2902/LBC
2016
3 Newington Green Road, London, N1 4QP
Rear Garden - 1 x Lime tree: Crown reduce back to previous points. Reduce spread to balan…
P2016/0843/TRE
Islington
Planning Authority Score
2.9/10
Poor
#237 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Islington is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #260 out of 296. 53% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) 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
Islington decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #132 of 296
93%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #130 of 296
43%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #260 of 296
53%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #241 of 296
89%
Minor dwellings approved
499 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
1 decided (10+ homes)
89%
Change of use approved
19 decided
1,488
Total decisions
167 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.