Our Lady & St Joseph School, OUR LADY AND ST JOSEPH PRIMARY SCHOOL Buckingham Road, Hackney, London, N1 4JB Data via plota.co.uk

2025/1625 - Works to a Tree in Conservation Area Notification Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T1 Lime, Lift 5m, thin 15%, remove deadwood T2 Ailanthus, crown reduce to previous points, approx. 3m T3 Weeping Ash, lift 2.5m, cut back by 1m from play apparatus G4 Apples x 4, lift above fence and footpath by2.5m, cut back from property by... Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
17 Jul 2025
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Approved
13 Aug 2025

Approved on 13 Aug 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 18 Oct 2026

Documents 2

Plans & drawings 1

PDF Our Lady in St Josephs school map.docx Plans · 18 Jul 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF ApplicationFormRedacted.pdf Application Form · 18 Jul 2025 View ↗

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Site constraints 6

De Beauvoir 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
De Beauvoir Conservation Area (article 4 direction area) · Whole of the London Borough of Hackney. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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: Hackney 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 ↗
Also on the record
2 listed buildings within 150 m; Inside the Hackney 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

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Important details

Council
Hackney
Application type
Works to a Tree in Conservation Area Notification
Postcode
N1 4JB
Received
17 Jul 2025
Validated
17 Jul 2025
Ward
De Beauvoir Ward
Case officer
Show
Target decision
28 Aug 2025
Decision
No Objection
Decision date
13 Aug 2025
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
M Parkin Tree Specialists Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 27 days from validation, about the council's usual 28 days. Approved, as 100% of tree and landscaping works here are.

97%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
371decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
28 Aug 2025

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Approved
T1 Cedar, reduce lateral limbs by 2m, remove lowest limb T2 Mimosa, overall crown reducti…
2024/0026
2021 Approved
Alder - This tree is dead Cut the entire tree to ground level Ailanthus - Crown reduce th…
2021/3093
2019 Approved
Mimosa - Crown thin by 20% Crown lift by removing smaller low branches to 3-3.5m Reduce 1…
2019/2516
2018 Approved
Cedar - Crown lift by a further 1-1.5m Reduce height by up to 2m to suitable point to rem…
2018/2530
Within ~100m

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Hackney
Planning Authority Score
2.4/10
Poor
#256 of 296 councils
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Hackney is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #220 out of 296. Hackney is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 84% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 84% approved vs 90% nationally
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Hackney decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
82%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #248 of 296
84%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #257 of 296
53%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #220 of 296
46%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #201 of 296
75%
Minor dwellings approved
204 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
4 decided (10+ homes)
50%
Change of use approved
2 decided
1,323
Total decisions
241 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings