59 Gower Street London WC1E 6HJ
Approved on 5 April 2013
Council decision: Approve Works (TPO)Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
(TPO Ref: C5) REAR GARDEN 1 x London Plane - Thin crown. Remove crossing branches. Prune back from building side by 1-2m. General crown tidy up.
- Received
- 20 March 2013
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Camden
- Ward
- Bloomsbury
- ReceivedReceived20 Mar
- ValidatedValidated28 Mar
- Consult.Consultation20 Mar
- TargetTarget Date23 May
- DecidedDecided5 Apr
Decided in 8 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at 59 Gower Street London WC1E 6HJ. Camden has handled 669 applications of this type. This one was decided in 16 days, 5 weeks quicker than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 395 applications across Bloomsbury. We hold 395 applications in total for the WC1E 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
- WC1E 6HJ
- Application type
- Application for Works to Tree(s) covered by a TPO
- Development type
- Tree
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 March 2013
- Last date for comments
- 20 March 2013
- Target decision date
- 23 May 2013
- Permission expires
- 5 April 2016
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 2
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Bloomsbury
- Article 4 direction: Basements
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201912 Feb
Internal and external alterations associated with conversion of existing residential units to provide 1 x 1…
ApprovedListed building consent2019/0997/L - 201912 Feb
External alterations to rear including installation of rooflight associated with conversion of existing…
ConditionsFull Planning Permission2019/0850/P
Source: Camden
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