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8 South Square & Gray's Inn Square London WC1R 5ET

2019/1264/TNotification of Intended Works to Tree(s) in a Conservation AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 29 April 2019

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

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

IN GROUNDS: 1 x London Plane (T10) - Reduce by up to 2.5m 3 x Red Oaks (T24, T53 & T54) - Fell to ground level. 30 x London Planes (T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9, T11, T12, T43, T44, T45, T52, T55, T57, T58, T59, T62, T85, T86, T90, T91, T92, T108, T118, T120, T121, T123, T125 & T126) - Removal of infected branches, reduction of some branches as specified in Tree Survey 2018. 1 x Catalpa (T25), 3 x Prunus (T46, T49 & T113), 1 x Lugustrum (T68), 1 x Acer (T69), 3 x Robinia (T87, T128 & T129), 1 x Carpinus (T88), 1 x Ulmus (T93), 1 x Gleditsia (T94), 2 x Betula (T95 & T97), 1 x Crataegus (T112) - Removal of infected branches, reduction of some branches as specified in Tree Survey 2018.

Received
7 March 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Holborn & Covent Garden (Pre May 2022)
  1. Received7 Mar
  2. Validated8 Mar
  3. Consult.8 Apr
  4. Target15 Mar
  5. Decided29 Apr

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 8 South Square & Gray's Inn Square London WC1R 5ET. Camden has handled 669 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 4 days longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 208 applications in total for the WC1R 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
WC1R 5ET
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 2019
Consultation start
15 March 2019
Last date for comments
8 April 2019
Target decision date
15 March 2019
Permission expires
29 April 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
7 days

Publicity

Site notice start
15 March 2019

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Camden

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