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47 Gower Street London WC1E 6HH

2024/2343/TApplication for Works to Tree(s) covered by a TPOAwaiting decision
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Proposal

(TPO REF: C5-T7) REAR GARDEN: 1 x London Plane (T5) - Crown lift to 2.5m above the roofline of 10 - 40 Ridgmount Street, by cutting secondary laterals only.

Received
10 June 2024
Decision due
1 July 2024
Ward
Bloomsbury
  1. Received10 Jun
  2. Validated10 Jun
  3. Consult.1 Jul
  4. Target1 Jul
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 1 July.

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About this application

This is a tree application at 47 Gower Street London WC1E 6HH. Camden has handled 669 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 10 June 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 4 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 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 6HH
Application type
Application for Works to Tree(s) covered by a TPO
Development type
Tree
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 June 2024
Consultation expiry
1 July 2024
Consultation end
1 July 2024
Last date for comments
1 July 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bloomsbury
  • Listed building: (West side) Nos.15A AND 17-49 (Odd) and attached railingsOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Basements
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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© 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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Source: Camden

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