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The Thomas Watson Cottage Homes Leecroft Road Barnet EN5 2TJ

TPP/0509/23Works to TPO treesRefused

Refused on 18 October 2024

Council decision: Trees: RefusePlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

2 x Plane (applicants ref. T7, T8) Fell to near ground level. Standing in Group G3 of Tree Preservation Order. 2 x Plane (applicants ref. T11, T12) Fell to near ground level. Standing in Group G4 of Tree Preservation Order. 1 x Oak (applicants ref. T1) - Reduce height to 15.0m and crown radius to 6.0m and re-prune thereafter on a triennial basis to maintain at reduced dimensions. Standing in T7 of Tree Preservation Order. 1 x Oak (applicants ref. T13) - Reduce height to 12.0m and crown radius to 5.0m and re-prune thereafter on a triennial basis to maintain at reduced dimensions. Standing in Group G5 of Tree Preservation Order.

Received
8 August 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Underhill
Agent
MWA Arboriculture Ltd
  1. Received8 Aug
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.19 Jan
  4. Target16 Feb
  5. Decided18 Oct

Decided in 301 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Thomas Watson Cottage Homes Leecroft Road Barnet EN5 2TJ. Barnet has handled 1,310 applications of this type. This one was decided in 437 days, 54 weeks longer than Barnet's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Underhill. 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 2TJ
Application type
Works to TPO trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2023
Consultation expiry
25 January 2024
Neighbour consultation start
22 December 2023
Neighbour consultation end
19 January 2024
Target decision date
16 February 2024
Committee meeting
26 September 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
MWA Arboriculture Ltd
Agent address
Unit 8 Stephenson House Horsley Business Centre Horsley NE15 0NY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
4 January 2024
Site notice end
25 January 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12374029
Comments
0
Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Small Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) Area 1
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref TRE/BA/52Part of the site · +3 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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

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