UCL Main Building Gower Street London WC1E 6BT
Approved on 12 May 2026
Council decision: No Objection to Works to Tree(s) in CA
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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
- Council
- London Borough of Camden
- Ward
- Bloomsbury
- ReceivedReceived7 May
- ValidatedValidated7 May
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date7 May
- DecidedDecided12 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
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Bloomsbury
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
6 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202520 Jan
MAIN FRONT AREA: 1 x Tree of Heaven (T1) - Remove damaged/half snapped out branches as tree is situated over…
ApprovedTrees2025/0231/T - 201722 Feb
Details of Local District Heating Network required by condition 4 of planning permission granted on…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions2017/1019/P - 201717 Feb
The discharge of Condition 2 (Sample panels of facing materials, paving and brickwork) and Condition 4…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions2017/0967/L - 20155 May
Discharge of condition 4 (Internal Method Statement) granted under reference 2014/0383/L
ApprovedDischarge of conditions2015/2519/L - 201416 Dec
Refurbishment of existing windows and alterations to incorporate mechanical ventilation reconfiguraton.
ApprovedListed building consent2015/0056/L - 201416 Dec
Refurbishment of existing windows and alterations to incorporate mechanical ventilation reconfiguraton.
ApprovedFull Planning Permission2014/7737/P
Source: Camden
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