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Land Adj. 5 Church Lane Kimpton Hitchin SG4 8RR

16/02517/1TCATrees (Conservation Area)Approved

Approved on 20 October 2016

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Crown reduce by 30% and shape one Lime tree (T1). Crown reduce by 30% and shape to one Cherry tree (T2)

Received
4 October 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Kimpton Ward
Agent
Apa Contract Services Ltd
  1. Received4 Oct
  2. Validated14 Oct
  3. Consult.11 Nov
  4. Target9 Dec
  5. Decided20 Oct

Decided in 6 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Land Adj. 5 Church Lane Kimpton Hitchin SG4 8RR. North Hertfordshire has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 16 days, 5 weeks quicker than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Kimpton conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,228 applications in total for the SG4 postcode area.

99% of trees applications at North Hertfordshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SG4 8RR
Application type
Trees (Conservation Area)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kimpton Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 October 2016
Consultation expiry
11 November 2016
Consultation end
11 November 2016
Neighbour consultation end
11 November 2016
Last date for comments
11 November 2016
Target decision date
9 December 2016
Decision issued
21 October 2016
Permission expires
20 October 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
Apa Contract Services Ltd
Agent address
Shangri La Farm Todds Green Stevenage Herts SG1 2JE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
11 November 2016
Site notice end
11 November 2016

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Kimpton
  • Listed building: Grade II: 5, 7, 9, Church LaneOn or next to this site · +2 more
  • 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, 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.

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