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72 Aberdeen Road, London, N5 2XB

P2024/2614/TRETree Works Notification in Conservation AreaAwaiting decision
Prior approval
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - purple plum tree (7m) - reduce crown to previous pruning points, approximately 2m reduction. T2 - robinia tree (9m) - reduce crown to previous pruning points, approximately 3m reduction. T3 - ironwood tree (4m) - reduce upper crown by approximately 1m. T4 - magnolia tree (3m) - reduce height at end furthest from house by approximately 1m to balance top of crown.

Received
30 August 2024
Decision due
29 October 2024
Ward
Highbury
  1. Received30 Aug
  2. Validated4 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 Oct
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a tree application at 72 Aberdeen Road, London, N5 2XB. Islington has handled 609 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 30 August 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 112 applications across Highbury. We hold 598 applications in total for the N5 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
N5 2XB
Application type
Tree Works Notification in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 September 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13370762
UPRN
5300000572

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Sotheby Road
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and 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: Islington

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