55 West View Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3QJ
Approved on 23 May 2023
Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Cherry - Reduce height and spread by about 20% or approx 1.5m all over, thinning out the bounce-back growth from previous pruning and removing dead wood.
- Received
- 26 April 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Letchworth South West Historic
- ReceivedReceived26 Apr
- ValidatedValidated26 Apr
- Consult.Consultation20 May
- TargetTarget Date7 Jun
- DecidedDecided23 May
Decided in 27 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at 55 West View Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3QJ. North Hertfordshire has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 3 weeks quicker than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Letchworth conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 910 applications in total for the SG6 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
- SG6 3QJ
- Application type
- Trees (Conservation Area)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Letchworth Garden City
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 April 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 20 May 2023
- Consultation end
- 20 May 2023
- Last date for comments
- 20 May 2023
- Target decision date
- 7 June 2023
- Permission expires
- 23 May 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- The Blue Tree Company
- Agent address
- 50 Bunyan Road Hitchin SG5 1NN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Letchworth
- 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)
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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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Associated applications
- 20232 May
T1 Cherry - Crown reduce by 1.5m to viable growth points.
PendingTrees (Conservation Area)Filed alongside23/01017/TCA - 202326 Apr
Cherry - Reduce height and spread by about 20% or approx 1.5m all over, thinning out the bounce-back growth…
This applicationApprovedTrees23/00973/TCA
Source: North Hertfordshire
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