Highgate is conservation area top to bottom, with extensive TPO coverage. Substantial trees, substantial budgets, and substantial council oversight — we handle the paperwork.
What we do in Highgate
- Tree removal — including dead, dangerous and TPO trees with full council applications.
- Crown reduction & thinning — to BS3998, sensitive to the tree's natural form.
- Tree pruning — crown lifting, deadwooding, formative and restoration pruning.
- Stump grinding — clean below-ground removal so you can re-plant or build over the spot.
- Pollarding — for managed-height plane and lime trees.
- Hedge cutting & reduction — including the inevitable Leylandii.
- Emergency tree work — usually same week, often same day in Highgate.
TPOs & conservation areas in Highgate
Local councils (Enfield, Barnet, Haringey, Hertsmere, Welwyn Hatfield, Broxbourne, Epping Forest — depending where you sit) regulate work on trees in conservation areas and on TPO'd trees. We check the records before quoting, and submit the application on your behalf if consent is required. No fines, no surprises.