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Westminster Kingsway College 45 Sidmouth Street London WC1H 8JB

2013/4105/TNotification of Intended Works to Tree(s) in a Conservation AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 5 August 2013

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

FRONTING SIDMOUTH STREET: 1 x London Plane - Reduce crown by 2m all round and shape. Lift crown to 5.5m above ground level all round. 1 x Ash - Reduce crown by 3m all round and shape. Lift crown to 5.5m above ground level all round. Remove 1 x large limb growing over the road.

Received
24 June 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Kings Cross (Pre May 2022)
  1. Received24 Jun
  2. Validated2 Jul
  3. Consult.24 Jun
  4. Target9 Jul
  5. Decided5 Aug

Decided in 34 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Westminster Kingsway College 45 Sidmouth Street London WC1H 8JB. Camden has handled 669 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. 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 8JB
Application type
Notification of Intended Works to Tree(s) in a Conservation Area
Development type
Tree
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 July 2013
Last date for comments
24 June 2013
Target decision date
9 July 2013
Permission expires
5 August 2016

Planning decision

Statutory period
7 days

Additional information

Documents
3

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 (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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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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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Planning history at this site

20 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2017
    7 Mar

    T1 (east), T2 (middle) &T3 (west) plane trees in front garden to be reduced by up to 4m in height and by up…

    ApprovedTrees2017/1365/T
  2. 2013
    17 May

    Details required by Condition 4 (brown roofs) of planning permission granted on 30/03/2012, ref 2012/0815/P

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2013/2969/P
  3. 2013
    7 May

    Details pursuant to conditions 6 (hard and soft landscaping) and 13 (cycle storage) of planning permission…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2013/3078/P
  4. 2013
    3 May

    Details required by Condition 3 (revised 1.1 metre semi-solid balustrades to balconies and means of limiting…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2013/2638/P
  5. 2013
    2 May

    Details required by condition 2ii (typical details of all doors, stairs, balconies, window panels, window…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2013/2629/P
  6. 2013
    14 Feb

    Variation of condition 15 (development built in accordance with approved plans) of permission granted on…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)2013/0908/P

Source: Camden

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