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12 Canonbury Square, London

P2026/0012/TREWorks application to tree with Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 2 February 2026

Council decision: Approve with conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

London Plane T1 (20M high, 850mm dia.) - Raise crown all around to 6 metres above road/bus stop and garden level. Sycamore T2 (20M high, 700mm dia.) - Raise crown all around to 6 metres above garden level and reduce crown on house side to give 3 metres clearance. Reason: To clear overhang to main A1 New North Road and to allow more light into the garden of number 12 plus proximity to house clearance.

Received
5 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Laycock
  1. Received5 Jan
  2. Validated5 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 Mar
  5. Decided2 Feb

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 12 Canonbury Square, London. Islington has handled 609 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than Islington's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across Laycock.

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

Application type
Works application to tree with Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 January 2026
Target decision date
1 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14592731
UPRN
5300016172
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Canonbury
  • 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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© 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: Islington

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