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2026/3250/T - Notification of Intended Works to Tree(s) in a Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

EAST CEMETERY: 1 x Oak (T9673) - Fell to ground level. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Aug 2026
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Approved
7 Sept 2026

Approved on 7 Sept 2026 · Last checked 11 Aug 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 9

Metropolitan Open Land
Green belt level protection inside London.
The London Plan gives Metropolitan Open Land the same protection as green belt: inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Highgate Village 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 ↗
Article 4 direction
Basements. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
Air quality management area: Camden 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 ↗
Registered park or garden about 1 m away: Highgate Cemetery
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
40 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Eastern boundary wall to Highgate (Western) Cemetery, Grade II, about 24 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 37 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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Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Priority habitat about 2 m away: Deciduous woodland; Public transport access: PTAL 2 (poor), 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. 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
Camden
Application type
Notification of Intended Works to Tree(s) in a Conservation Area
Postcode
N6 6PJ
Received
10 Aug 2026
Validated
10 Aug 2026
Ward
Highgate
Case officer
Show
Decision date
7 Sept 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Highgate Cemetery Trust

How this decision compares

Decided in 28 days from validation, about the council's usual 28 days. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

98%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
1,011decided in the last year

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

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
REVISED TO OMIT PROJECT 6 (GARDENERS/ MOUND BUILDING) Restoration, conservation, demoliti…
P2025/2493/OBS
2024 Approved
The Proposed Work: Application: 2024/5423/L Restoration, conservation, demolition, replac…
P2024/3640/OBS
2024 Approved
Application ref: 2024/5407/P
P2024/3641/OBS
2024 Approved
WEST CEMETERY: 1 x Lime (T472) - Remove 1 x limb leaning in the direction of private resi…
2024/4944/T
2024
Restoration, conservation, demolition, replacement and erection of buildings in East Side…
2024/5423/L
2024
Restoration, conservation, demolition, replacement and erection of buildings in East Side…
2024/5407/P
2024 Approved
EAST CEMETERY: 1 x London Plane (T431) - Remove two large limbs. (See photo)
2024/4374/T
2024 Approved
WEST CEMETERY: 1 x Holly (T437) - Fell to the ground level.
2024/4193/T
2024 Approved
EAST CEMETERY: 1 x Cherry (T188) - Fell to ground level.
2024/4137/T
2024 Approved
EAST CEMETERY: 1 x Cherry (T336) - Fell to the ground level.
2024/4136/T
2024 Approved
DD 5 Day Notice WEST CEMETERY: 1 x Ash (T488) - Fell to ground level.
2024/2768/T
2024 Approved
EAST CEMETERY: 1 x Sycamore (T71) - Fell to ground level.
2024/3576/T
2024 Approved
EAST CEMETREY: 1 x Sycamore (T622) - Fell to ground level.
2024/3574/T
2024 Approved
WEST CEMETREY WEST CIRCLE: 1 x Goat Willow (T84) - Remove two limbs. (See photos).
2024/3577/T
2024 Approved
WEST CEMETERY: 1 x Ash (T577) - Fell to ground level.
2024/2983/T
2024 Approved
WEST CEMETERY BEER MAUSOLEUM: 1 x Holly (Ilex aquifolium) (T85) - Fell to ground level. 1…
2024/2867/T
2024 Approved
EAST & WEST CEMETERY: Implementation of the Highgate Cemetery Ash Dieback Management Plan…
2024/2878/T
2024 Approved
EAST CEMETERY: 1 x Ash (T586) - Fell to ground level.
2024/2548/T
2024 Approved
WEST CEMETERY: 1 x Ash (T580) - Fell to ground level .
2024/2459/T
2024 Approved
WEST CEMETERY: 1 x Ash (T579) - Fell to ground level.
2024/2458/T
2019 Approved
DD 5 Day Notice IN WEST CEMETERY: T1 - 9741 - Ash x1 - Fell T2 - 9771 - Ash x1- fell T3…
2019/3410/T
2018 Approved
WITHIN GROUNDS: 1 x Cedar - Remove broken branches 2cm. Thin crown to remove 10% of live…
2018/0978/T
2017 Approved
Two freestanding stone columns to be erected either side of the existing sepulchre.
2017/6534/P
2017 Approved
Paving and landscape works adjacent to Marx memorial
2017/5941/L
2016 Approved
Removal of free-standing monument to the 9th Duke of St Albans
2016/2811/P
Within ~100m

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Camden
Planning Authority Score
3.1/10
Poor
#231 of 296 councils
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Other decisions

Camden is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #242 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (88%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
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Camden decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #149 of 296
88%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #215 of 296
49%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #242 of 296
41%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #158 of 296
90%
Minor dwellings approved
467 decided (1-9 homes)
80%
Major dwellings approved
10 decided (10+ homes)
93%
Change of use approved
46 decided
1,973
Total decisions
234 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings