St Giles Church Blanche Lane South Mimms Hertfordshire EN6 3PE
Approved on 14 October 2013
Council decision: TPO ConsentDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
LIME x6 - topiary pruning of six lime pollards to create arches with a flat top (trees were previously pollarded and were in this formation over 100 years ago)
- Received
- 18 July 2013
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Hertsmere Borough Council
- Ward
- Shenley
- Agent
- DPS Tree Services
- ReceivedReceived18 Jul
- ValidatedValidated21 Aug
- Consult.Consultation3 Sep
- TargetTarget Date16 Oct
- DecidedDecided14 Oct
Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at St Giles Church Blanche Lane South Mimms Hertfordshire EN6 3PE. Hertsmere has handled 493 applications of this type. This one was decided in 88 days, 5 weeks longer than Hertsmere's typical decision time. The site is in the South Mimms conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 124 applications across Shenley. We hold 3,353 applications in total for the EN6 postcode area.
79% of trees applications at Hertsmere Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- EN6 3PE
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order Works (8 Week)
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 August 2013
- Last date for comments
- 3 September 2013
- Target decision date
- 16 October 2013
- Permission expires
- 14 October 2015
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- DPS Tree Services
- Agent address
- 38 Collyer Road London Colney Hertfordshire AL2 1PD
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: South Mimms
- Green belt: Hertsmere
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.
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Planning history at this site
6 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202016 Jun
Phase 2 work in Frowyk Chapel: (i) Repair/rebuilding of floor and sub-floor structure; (ii) Conservation and…
ApprovedCBC Rule 4.5 [Rule 4.6 for CBC consultat20/0856/CBCCON - 201419 Oct
ASH belt along the school playground and field and Church boundary line crown reduced by 30%.
ApprovedTree Works in Conservation Area (6 Week)14/1657/TRC - 201410 Mar
Provision of new doors to south porch together with new windows
ApprovedFull Planning Permission14/0333/FUL - 201115 Aug
TREE OF HEAVEN - Fell.
ApprovedTree Preservation Order Works (8 Week)TPO/2011/1357 - 200820 Feb
3 x YEW - Fell, ELDERBERRY - Fell, 6 x Limes - Pollard
ApprovedTree Preservation Order Works (8 Week)TPO/2008/784 - 200728 Aug
YEW x 3 - Fell
PendingTree Works in Conservation Area (6 Week)TRC/2007/672
Source: Hertsmere
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