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2026/3435/T - Notification of Intended Works to Tree(s) in a Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

REAR GARDEN: 1 x Bay (T1) - Crown reduce the height 1m below the previous reduction points, (approx. 1.8m height). Crown reduce the spread 0.5m past the previous reduction points, (approx. 1m spread). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
12 Aug 2026
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Approved
8 Sept 2026

Approved on 8 Sept 2026 · Last checked 13 Aug 2026

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Site constraints 12

29 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Numbers 1-19 and Attached Railings, Doughty Street, Grade II, the postcode pin is inside its outline · 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II*, 26 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Bloomsbury conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Article 4 direction
Basements. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Archaeological priority area
An assessment or field evaluation may be asked for before ground works.
The council or Historic England considers archaeology likely here. A desk-based assessment, and sometimes trial trenching, can be asked for with the application.
Air quality management area: Camden AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Central activities zone
The core of central London in the London Plan.
Offices, culture and the other strategic functions of the centre take priority over new housing here.
Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 1123 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel; Registered park or garden about 134 m away: CORAM'S FIELDS, with MECKLENBURGH and BRUNSWICK SQUARES; Wider setting of protected view 6A.1 Blackheath Point to St Paul's Cathedral; Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Camden built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6a (excellent), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI), Transport for London (public transport access levels, Powered by TfL Open Data, OGL v3.0, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Camden
Application type
Notification of Intended Works to Tree(s) in a Conservation Area
Postcode
WC1N 2PL
Received
12 Aug 2026
Validated
12 Aug 2026
Ward
Holborn and Covent Garden
Case officer
Show
Decision date
8 Sept 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Custom Cutters Tree Specialists Ltd.

How this decision compares

Decided in 27 days from validation, about the council's usual 28 days. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

98%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
1,419decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Camden in the last twelve months, from validation. Camden decision record →

Historical activity at this location

30 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2023 Approved
REAR GARDEN: 1 x Bay (T1) - Reduction of height by 33%, 1m - 1.2m. Reduce the crown sprea…
2023/0476/T
2021 Approved
Proposed replacement of a single glazed timber sash window to attic room and associated l…
2021/4064/L
2021 Approved
REAR GARDEN: 1 x Bay (T1) - Hard reduction of height and spread by 40% - 50% (by branch l…
2021/0762/T
2019 Approved
REAR GARDEN: 1 x Bay (T1) - Reduce height by 40%, reduce spread to balance/provide more c…
2019/0637/T
2016 Approved
REAR GARDEN: 1 x Bay - Reduce height by 40%, remove all basal/epicormic growth from groun…
2016/6446/T
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2023 Approved
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Relocation of external front entry door.
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2023 Approved
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2023 Withdrawn
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2023/5173/NEW
2023 Approved
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2023 Approved
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2023 Approved
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2023 Approved
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2023/1106/P
2023 Withdrawn
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2016 Withdrawn
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2016 Withdrawn
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2016 Withdrawn
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Internal alterations to an apartment within a grade II listed building
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Camden
Planning Authority Score
3.1/10
Poor
#231 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Camden is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #242 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (88%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
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Camden decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #149 of 296
88%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #215 of 296
49%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #242 of 296
41%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #158 of 296
90%
Minor dwellings approved
467 decided (1-9 homes)
80%
Major dwellings approved
10 decided (10+ homes)
93%
Change of use approved
46 decided
1,973
Total decisions
234 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings