Burleigh House Sidmouth street London WC1H 8JX

2017/1365/TNotification of Intended Works to Tree(s) in a Conservation AreaApproved

Prior approval

Approved on 3 May 2017

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

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

T1 (east), T2 (middle) &T3 (west) plane trees in front garden to be reduced by up to 4m in height and by up to 3m away from building from ground level to roof height. Branches above roof to cut by 2m in spread. T1 to be reduced back to established pollard points where they are present. T3 to be reduced laterally by up to 3m, not going beyond established pruning points. T4 & T5 sugar maples in rear garden to be reduced by up to 3.5m in height and reduced from building back to previous points. Remove epicormic growth.

Received: 7 March 2017
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Camden
Ward: Kings Cross (Pre May 2022)

ReceivedReceived7 Mar
ValidatedValidated8 Mar
Consult.Consultation7 Mar
TargetTarget Date15 Mar
DecidedDecided3 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Burleigh House Sidmouth street London WC1H 8JX. Camden has handled 669 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 8 days longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 8JX
Application type: Notification of Intended Works to Tree(s) in a Conservation Area
Development type: Tree
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 8 March 2017
Last date for comments: 7 March 2017
Target decision date: 15 March 2017
Permission expires: 3 May 2020

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.

Conservation area: Bloomsbury
Listed building: Grade II: Numbers 51-55 and Attached RailingsOn or next to this site
Article 4 direction: Basements
Registered park and garden: St George'S GardensPart of the site
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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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Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Camden

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