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Christ Church Vicarage St Albans Road Barnet EN5 4LA

TPP/0478/23Works to TPO treesRefused

Refused on 15 September 2023

Council decision: Trees: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

5 x Large Oaks - Reduce the horizontal branches growing to the south and over the forecourt by 3-3.5m and up to a height of 12m. Remove all major deadwood from the southern side of the crowns. Standing in Group G11 of Tree Preservation Order.

Received
26 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
High Barnet
Agent
Custom Cutters Tree Specialists Ltd
  1. Received26 Jul
  2. Validated26 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target20 Sep
  5. Decided15 Sep

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Christ Church Vicarage St Albans Road Barnet EN5 4LA. Barnet has handled 1,310 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Barnet's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 231 applications across High Barnet. We hold 3,740 applications in total for the EN5 postcode area.

90% of trees 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
EN5 4LA
Application type
Works to TPO trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 July 2023
Consultation expiry
24 August 2023
Target decision date
20 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Custom Cutters Tree Specialists Ltd
Agent address
Oak Farm Cattlegate Road Enfield EN2 9DS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
3 August 2023
Site notice end
24 August 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12343647
Comments
0
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Christ ChurchOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Small Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) Area 1
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref TRE/BA/14Part of the site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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