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UCL Main Building Gower Street London WC1E 6BT

2026/1821/TNotification of Intended Works to Tree(s) in a Conservation AreaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 12 May 2026

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

MAIN QUAD AREA: 1 x Lime (T1) - Raise crown to 5m from ground level and remove all epicormic growth. 1 x Lime (T2) - Raise crown to 5m from ground level and remove all epicormic growth. 1 x Lime (T3) - Raise crown to 5m from ground level and remove all epicormic growth. 1 x Lime (T4) - Raise crown to 5m from ground level and remove all epicormic growth. 1 x Lime (T5) - Raise crown to 5m from ground level and remove all epicormic growth. 1 x Indian Bean Tree (T6) - Remove lowest sublateral facing 295° North West back to the stem. Reduce lower crown facing the small building by 1m to suitable growth points to rebalance that side of the crown and reduce stress. 1 x Gingko (T7) - Raise crown to 5m from ground level and remove all epicormic growth. 1 x Gingko (T8) - Raise crown to 5m from ground level and remove all epicormic growth. 1 x Gingko (T9) - Raise crown to 5m from ground level and remove all epicormic growth. 1 x Gingko (T10) - Raise crown to 5m from ground level and remove all epicormic growth. 1 x Lime (T11) - Raise crown to 5m from ground level and remove all epicormic growth and remove lowest lateral limb facing 115° South East back to the stem. 1 x Lime (T12) - Raise crown to 5m from ground level and remove all epicormic growth. All work would be carried out to BS3998.

Received
7 May 2026
Ward
Bloomsbury
  1. Received7 May
  2. Validated7 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 May
  5. Decided12 May

Decided in 5 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at UCL Main Building Gower Street London WC1E 6BT. Camden has handled 772 applications of this type. This one was decided in 5 days, 6 weeks quicker than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 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.

100% of notification of intended works to tree(s) in a conservation area 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 6BT
Application type
Notification of Intended Works to Tree(s) in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 May 2026
Target decision date
7 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Additional information

Documents
14

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: 23, Gower PlaceOn this site · +11 more
  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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Source: Camden

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