Highgate Cemetery Swain's Lane London N6 6PJ
Approved on 3 December 2025
Council decision: No Objection to Works to Tree(s) in CADelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
WEST CEMETERY: 3 x Limes (T707, T709 & T712) - Pollard a shown on marked photos.
- Received
- 27 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Camden
- Ward
- Highgate
- ReceivedReceived27 Oct
- ValidatedValidated28 Oct
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date27 Oct
- DecidedDecided3 Dec
Decided in 36 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at Highgate Cemetery Swain's Lane London N6 6PJ. Camden has handled 669 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 12 days quicker than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Highgate Village conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There have been 29 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 282 applications across Highgate. We hold 1,123 applications in total for the N6 postcode area.
98% of trees applications at London Borough of Camden were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- N6 6PJ
- Application type
- Notification of Intended Works to Tree(s) in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 27 October 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 12
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Highgate Village+1 more
- Listed building: Grade II: Colonnade west of entrance and chapels in Highgate (Western) CemeteryOn this site · +73 more
- Article 4 direction: Basements
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (19)
flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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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Planning history at this site
20 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202630 Oct
EAST CEMETERY: 1 x Elm (T1) - Fell to ground level.
PendingApplication2026/4821/T - 202630 Oct
WEST CEMETERY: 1 x Cherry tree (Prunus) (T052) - Fell to ground level.
PendingApplication2026/4815/T - 202615 Oct
EAST CEMETERY: 1 x Cherry (T27) - Fell to ground level.
PendingApplication2026/4480/T - 202615 Oct
EAST CEMETERY: 1 x Cherry (T26) - Fell to ground level.
PendingApplication2026/4479/T - 202615 Oct
WEST CEMETERY: 1 x Robinia (T188) Fell ground level. 1 x Robinia (T215) - Fell to ground level.
PendingApplication2026/4544/T - 202614 Sep
DD 5 Day Notice EAST CEMETERY: 1 x Sycamore (T571) - Fell to ground level.
ApprovedApplication2026/2013/T - 202610 Aug
EAST CEMETERY: 1 x Sycamore (T29) - Fell to ground level.
ApprovedApplication2026/3246/T - 202610 Aug
EAST CEMETERY: 1 x Oak (T9673) - Fell to ground level.
ApprovedApplication2026/3250/T - 202610 Aug
EAST CEMETERY: 1 x Cherry (T28) - Fell to ground level.
ApprovedApplication2026/3245/T - 20268 May
DD 5 Day Notice EAST CEMETERY: 1 x Cherry (T872) - Fell to ground level.
ApprovedApplication2026/1823/T - 202629 Apr
DD 5 Day Notice EAST CEMETERY: 1 x Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) (T300) - Fell to ground level.
ApprovedApplication2026/1678/T - 202628 Apr
EAST CEMETERY: 1 x Sycamore (T220) - Reduce down to 3m.
ApprovedApplication2026/1682/T - 202628 Apr
EAST CEMETERY: 1 x Sooty Bark (T219) - Fell to ground level.
ApprovedApplication2026/1680/T - 202625 Mar
WEST CEMETERY: 1 x Holly (T264) - Fell the leaning stem/trunk that extends over the main Cuttings Path.
ApprovedApplication2026/1188/T - 202623 Feb
EAST CEMETERY: 1 x Lime (T864) - Fell to ground level.
ApprovedTrees2026/0721/T - 202623 Feb
EAST CEMETERY: 4 x Cherries (T863, T862, T861 & T860) - Fell to ground level.
ApprovedTrees2026/0716/T - 202630 Jan
WEST CEMETERY: Group of Laurels (G1) - Hard prune back to a manageable hedge form.
ApprovedTrees2026/0387/T - 20259 Jun
EAST CEMETERY: 1 x Lime (T754/T369
ApprovedTrees2025/2466/T - 202418 Apr
DD 5 Day Notice WEST CEMETERY: 1 x Cherry (T206) - Fell remaining single main stem due to the compromised…
ApprovedTrees2024/1550/T - 202431 Jan
DD 5 Day Notice WEST CEMETERY: 1 x Ash (T20) - Cut stem in accordance with annotated photo.
ApprovedTrees2024/0399/T
Source: Camden
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