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Princess Alexandra Hospital Hamstel Road Harlow Essex CM20 1QX

HW/TP/24/10030Works To Trees with a TPOApproved

Approved on 8 October 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

AMYG002 - mixed species shelter belt. Crown lift to 2.5m above ground level and reduce back from adjacent structure for maximum 2m clearance, reduce back to appropriate points. AMYT001 Prunus - crown lift to 2.5m above ground level, prune back from highway for 4m clearance and prune back from adjacent structure for maximum 2m clearance, reduce back to appropriate points. AMYT002 Prunus - crown lift to 2.5m above ground level. AMYT007 Hornbeam - prune back from structure for maximum 2m clearance. AMYT013 Prunus - crown lift to 2.5m above ground level. AMXT014 Oak - prune back from adjacent structure for maximum 2m clearance reducing back to appropriate pruning points. AMXT015 cypress - fell to ground level due to extensive upper crown dieback. AMXT016 oak - prune back from adjacent structure for maximum 2m clearance reducing back to appropriate pruning points.

Received
6 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Little Parndon West
  1. Received6 Aug
  2. Validated6 Aug
  3. Consult.30 Sep
  4. Target10 Oct
  5. Decided8 Oct

Decided in 63 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Princess Alexandra Hospital Hamstel Road Harlow Essex CM20 1QX. Harlow has handled 43 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 2 weeks longer than Harlow's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 11 applications across Little Parndon West. We hold 252 applications in total for the CM20 postcode area.

89% of trees applications at Harlow District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CM20 1QX
Application type
Works To Trees with a TPO
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 August 2024
Consultation expiry
3 October 2024
Consultation start
9 September 2024
Consultation end
30 September 2024
Neighbour consultation start
12 September 2024
Neighbour consultation end
3 October 2024
Last date for comments
3 October 2024
Target decision date
10 October 2024
Permission expires
8 October 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
John O'Conner
Agent address
2 Great North Road Welwyn AL6 0PL

Planning decision

Statutory period
65 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13310492
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Article 4 direction: HMO - townwide
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, 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

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: Harlow

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