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St Mary At Finchley Church Of England Parish Church 26 Hendon Lane London N3 1TR

25/3627/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 1 June 2026

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Landscape work to churchyard including relaying existing Yorkstone flags at the church entrance, forming a new garden (small lawn, new shrub and perennial planting) improving access, installing new street furniture (benches, cycle racks, bins), installing ornamental steel railings, on the southern boundary, relocation and returning the Georgian stone sundial base to the south front, with a new dial, building steps to the listed Cartwright monument, installing interpretation signs highlighting historic features of the churchyard, conservation and repair of listed churchyard monuments, installing a new path linking the north side of Church End Gardens to the existing main path through the churchyard, removal of one tree at the front of the church and planting of new trees elsewhere in the churchyard

Received
3 September 2025
Ward
Finchley Church End
  1. Received3 Sep
  2. Validated3 Sep
  3. Consult.6 Oct
  4. Target29 Oct
  5. Decided1 Jun

Decided in 271 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at St Mary At Finchley Church Of England Parish Church 26 Hendon Lane London N3 1TR. Barnet has handled 4,516 applications of this type. This one was decided in 271 days, 31 weeks longer than Barnet's typical decision time. The site is in the Finchley Church End conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 144 applications across Finchley Church End. We hold 1,016 applications in total for the N3 postcode area.

77% of full applications at London Borough of Barnet were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
N3 1TR
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 September 2025
Consultation expiry
6 October 2025
Neighbour consultation start
8 September 2025
Neighbour consultation end
6 October 2025
Target decision date
29 October 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
11 September 2025
Advertisement expiry
2 October 2025
Site notice start
11 September 2025
Site notice end
2 October 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14297640
Comments
0
Documents
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Barnet

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