Open spaces and landscaping created the special character of Hampstead Garden Suburb. The retention of mature trees and hedges is vital to the Garden Suburb scene. The removal of quality trees from residential properties will be permitted only where a clear case exists to justify such action. Dead, dying or dangerous trees are exceptions. Where a tree has to be removed, you will need to plant an appropriate replacement.

If you wish to carry out work to a prominent, publicly visible, tree in your garden you will be excepted to try to save the tree through remedial work if it all practical. Always contact the Trust’s Landscape Architect and/or Council Tree Officers for advice.

You will probably need to get permission for works to a tree from the Council and the Trust. We will only give consent for works which follow good arboricultural practice. If you want to reduce the foliage area of a tree, you will probably be allowed to branch thin by to 30% only.