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51 Thornhill Road, London

P2026/0682/TRETree Works Notification in Conservation AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 25 March 2026

Council decision: Tree Works - Auto Permit

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

- wisteria climber on rear of house and boundary with #53 - reduce back to rear wall of house, just below 1st floor window, removing as much from the roof as possible, and reduce back to fence on boundary. Front garden- T2 - plane tree (16m) - reduce height by approximately 3m and reduce remainder of crown to previous pruning points, approximately 2m reduction. T3 - viburnum tree (3m) - reduce height by approximately 1.5m.

Received
12 March 2026
Ward
Barnsbury
  1. Received12 Mar
  2. Validated17 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target11 May
  5. Decided25 Mar

Decided in 8 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 51 Thornhill Road, London. Islington has handled 609 applications of this type. This one was decided in 13 days, 6 weeks quicker than Islington's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 167 applications across Barnsbury.

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
Tree Works Notification in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 March 2026
Target decision date
11 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14774813
UPRN
5300090418
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Barnsbury
  • Listed building: Grade II: 51, Thornhill RoadOn this site · +1 more
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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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