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HGY/2025/2845 - Works to trees in Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T1: Silver birch (10m): Crown reduce by 2m to keep tree at a size suitable for its location and as part of regular maintenance Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
around 17 Oct 2025
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Approved
10 Nov 2025

Approved on 10 Nov 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 10 Oct 2026

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Other documents 3

PDF Tree Work Report HGY.2025.2845 PDF · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Hollybank Muswell Hill N10 3TN 171025.pdf PDF · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF ApplicationFormRedacted.pdf PDF · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗

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Site constraints 8

Rookfield 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: 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 ↗
Local nature reserve about 121 m away: Alexandra Palace & Park
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 9, Muswell Hill N10, Grade II, about 32 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. 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.
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Also on the record
Registered park or garden about 103 m away: Alexandra Palace; Inside the Haringey built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 2 (poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Metropolitan Open Land about 52 m away.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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Important details

Council
Haringey
Application type
Works to trees in Conservation Area
Postcode
N10 3TN
Received
around 17 Oct 2025
Validated
17 Oct 2025
Ward
Muswell Hill
Case officer
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Decision
No Objection
Decision date
10 Nov 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 24 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

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Last counted 10 Oct 2026

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Historical activity at this location

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Haringey
Planning Authority Score
4/10
Below average
#192 of 296 councils
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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
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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