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104 Queens Drive, Hackney, London, N4 2HW

2025/2073Works to a Tree in Conservation Area NotificationApproved
Prior approval

Approved

Council decision: No Objection

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Rear Garden: T1: Newly planted Magnolia: Approximately 3.00m: Formative prune. Reduce by approximately 0.80m. Thin crown density by approximately 20%. General maintenance T2-T3-T4: 3 x Sycamores: Approximately 14.00m: Reduce all 3 trees back to previous and most recent reduction points, approximately 4.00m whilst preserving secondary fine branch structure as is practical to maintain crown continuity. Remove dead wood throughout crowns. Remove epicormic growth. Control encroachment, both over No.104 and neighbouring property. T5: Multi-stemmed Ash: Approximately 15.00m: Adjacent to seating area: Thin crown density by 25-30%. Reduce over extended branches back into main crown structure, approximately 1.20m-1.50m to produce and promote an even, natural crown line. General maintenance. Left Hand Boundary: T6: Palm: Remove dead leaves and fruits to tidy. General maintenance. T7: Gleditsia: Approximately 14.00m: Thin crown density by approximately 20%. Reduce crown by approximately 1.20m-1.50m all round. Remove epicormic growth. General maintenance. T8: Mature Leyland Cypress: Approximately 7.00m: Overhanging from No.106. Reduce back to previous reduction points to as near to the boundary as is practicable whilst preserving viable green foliated branch ends. General maintenance. Control encroachment. T9: Palm: Approximately 5.00m: Growing in the rear of the shrub bed: This plant is quite incongruous with its surroundings. Fell to ground level. Not acceptable species for its location. T10: Stags Horn: Approximately 5.00m: Tip prune to reduce by approximately 0.50m. Thin crown density by 20%. General maintenance. T11: Acer: Approximately 5.00m: Growing close to the house: Reduce crown by approximately 1.20m. Thin crown density by approximately 20-25%. General maintenance/Control encroachment. T12: Mature Horse Chestnut: Approximately 21.00m: Growing within the curtilage of No.106 and overhanging the rear section of the garden. Raise low crown skirt by approximately 2.50m-3.00m. Thin crown density of the large low limbs overhanging No.104 by approximately 20%-25%. Remove dead wood over No.104. General maintenance/Control encroachment.

Received
18 September 2025
Ward
Brownswood Ward
  1. Received18 Sep
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a tree application at 104 Queens Drive, Hackney, London, N4 2HW. Hackney has handled 394 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 18 September 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Brownswood conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 74 applications across Brownswood Ward. We hold 945 applications in total for the N4 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
N4 2HW
Application type
Works to a Tree in Conservation Area Notification
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Validated
18 September 2025

Planning decision

Decision
No Objection

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Brownswood
  • Article 4 direction: Brownswood+2 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

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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© 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.

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© 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: Hackney

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