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16-17 Woburn Square London WC1H 0NR

2013/1138/TNotification of Intended Works to Tree(s) in a Conservation AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 4 March 2013

Council decision: No Objection to Works to Tree(s) in CADelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

REAR GARDEN: 1 x Sycamore - Reduce crown all round back to previous pruning extent. Remove deadwood and defective branch material. Ensure minimum 3m clearance off building.

Received
18 February 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bloomsbury
  1. Received18 Feb
  2. Validated28 Feb
  3. Consult.18 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Mar

Decided in 4 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 16-17 Woburn Square London WC1H 0NR. Camden has handled 669 applications of this type. This one was decided in 14 days, 5 weeks quicker than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 395 applications across Bloomsbury. We hold 814 applications in total for the WC1H postcode area.

98% of trees applications at London Borough of Camden were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
WC1H 0NR
Application type
Notification of Intended Works to Tree(s) in a Conservation Area
Development type
Tree
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 February 2013
Last date for comments
18 February 2013
Permission expires
4 March 2016

Additional information

Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

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.

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