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49 The Avenue Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1ED

25/1578/TRCTree Works in Conservation Area (6 Week)Approved

Approved on 18 December 2025

Council decision: Tree work in Conservation Area Consent

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

Proposal

T1 CONTORTED WILLOW: Crown reduction by (50%), reducing height by approximately 5-6 metres from height 12m to 6m, and reshape spread to leave a balanced crown, reduced from approximately 6m to 4.5m spread. Reduce 50 percent of live branches. TG3 LIQUIDAMBAR, RED OAK, NORWAY MAPLE AND BIRCH group: Crowns reduction by (50%), reducing height by approximately 4-5 metres from height 13m to 8m, and reshape spread pruning back to suitable growth points to leave a balanced crown, reduced from approximately 5m to 3.5m spread. Reduce 50 percent of live branches. G1 CRAB APPLE & NORWAY MAPLE: Crown reduction to reduce height by approximately 1.5 metres from height 6m to 4.5m, and reshape spread pruning back to suitable growth points to leave a balanced crown, reduced from approximately 2.5m to 1.5m spread.

Received
30 October 2025
Ward
Potters Bar Parkfield
  1. Received30 Oct
  2. Validated6 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Dec
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 49 The Avenue Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 1ED. Hertsmere has handled 493 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Hertsmere's typical decision time. The site is in the Potters Bar Darkes Lane (West) conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 107 applications across Potters Bar Parkfield. We hold 3,350 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 1ED
Application type
Tree Works in Conservation Area (6 Week)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 November 2025
Target decision date
18 December 2025
Permission expires
18 December 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bartlett Tree Experts
Agent address
Bartlett Tree Experts Coursers Farm Coursers Road Colney Heath AL4 0PD

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14452760
Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
4

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: Potters Bar Darkes Lane (West)
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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: Hertsmere

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