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St Giles Church Blanche Lane South Mimms Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 3PE

23/1593/TPOTree Preservation Order Works (8 Week)Refused

Refused on 5 January 2024

Council decision: TPO Refusal

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

Proposal

Withn A1. 3no. ASH trees. 2 at bottom of the garden of 85 Blanche Lane and 1 at bottom of the garden of 89 Blanche Lane but rooted in A1. Reduce all trees from appox 60ft in height by approx 10ft. All cuts would be made to suitable growth points.

Received
10 November 2023
Ward
Shenley
  1. Received10 Nov
  2. Validated10 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 Jan
  5. Decided5 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Giles Church Blanche Lane South Mimms Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 3PE. Hertsmere has handled 493 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the South Mimms conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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
Parish
The Parish Council South Mimms And Ridge

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 November 2023
Target decision date
5 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
DPS Tree Surgeon
Agent address
38 Collyer Road LONDON COLNEY AL2 1PD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12593285
Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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: Hertsmere

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