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20 - 26, The Highbury Centre, 20 - 26, Aberdeen Park, London, N5 2BJ

P2025/0317/TREWorks application to tree with Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 17 February 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Ash Crown reduce height and spread branch lengths 3-3.5m to retain even and flowing canopy outline Remove any remaining major deadwood T2 English oak Prune southern crown 2-2.5m branch lengths at 12m height + where overhanging building line to retain even and flowing canopy outline Remove major deadwood T3 Sycamore Prune southern crown 1.5-2.0m branch lengths at12m height + to give clearance from building line to retain even and flowing canopy outline Remove major deadwood T4 Tree of heaven Prune south eastern crown 2.0-2.5m branch lengths at 12m height + to give clearance from building line to retain even and flowing canopy outline Remove major deadwood

Received
31 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Highbury
  1. Received31 Jan
  2. Validated4 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target31 Mar
  5. Decided17 Feb

Decided in 13 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 20 - 26, The Highbury Centre, 20 - 26, Aberdeen Park, London, N5 2BJ. Islington has handled 609 applications of this type. This one was decided in 17 days, 6 weeks quicker than Islington'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 112 applications across Highbury. We hold 598 applications in total for the N5 postcode area.

99% of trees applications at London Borough of Islington were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
N5 2BJ
Application type
Works application to tree with Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 February 2025
Target decision date
31 March 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13741205
UPRN
5300000119
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Aberdeen Park
  • 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Islington

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