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20 Crescent East Barnet EN4 0EN

25/02306/TCAWorks to a tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 24 July 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Works to Birch Tree in Hadley Wood Conservation Area - Crown reduce the height by 3m, reduce spread to balance and shape up to 1.5m and crown thin entire tree by 10%.

Received
2 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cockfosters
Agent
Custom Cutters Tree Specialists Ltd
  1. Received2 Jul
  2. Validated2 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target11 Aug
  5. Decided24 Jul

Decided in 22 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 20 Crescent East Barnet EN4 0EN. Enfield has handled 117 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 4 weeks quicker than Enfield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 150 applications across Cockfosters. We hold 892 applications in total for the EN4 postcode area.

80% of trees applications at London Borough of Enfield were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
EN4 0EN
Application type
Works to a tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 July 2025
Target decision date
11 August 2025
Permission expires
24 July 2027

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
40 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14145934
Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Hadley Wood
  • Article 4 direction: Borough wide+1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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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© 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.

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Source: Enfield

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