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Rowan Butt Cottage Rowan Close Weston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7BH

23/01383/TCATrees (Conservation Area)Approved

Approved on 25 July 2023

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

T2 2x Weeping Birches - Lift to 6ft, 2nd Fell and remove. T3 Conifer - Remove. T4 Norway Maple - Reduce by 2m and shape. T6 Field Maple - Fell as low as possible. T7 Copper Maple - Reduce by 3m and shape cutting to viable growth.

Received
13 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weston And Sandon Historic
  1. Received13 Jun
  2. Validated13 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target25 Jul
  5. Decided25 Jul

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Rowan Butt Cottage Rowan Close Weston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7BH. North Hertfordshire has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications 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 7BH
Application type
Trees (Conservation Area)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Weston Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 June 2023
Target decision date
25 July 2023
Permission expires
25 July 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Blue Tree Company
Agent address
50 Bunyan Road Hitchin SG5 1NN

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12234240
Comments
0
Documents
11

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: Weston
  • Listed building: Grade II: Rowanbutt CottageOn or next to this site
  • 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.

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.

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