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11 Kent Place Oughton Head Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2LE

23/02129/TCATrees (Conservation Area)Approved

Approved on 12 October 2023

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conifer - Fell and grind stump down

Received
11 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hitchin Oughton Ward Historic
  1. Received11 Sep
  2. Validated11 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Oct
  5. Decided12 Oct

Decided in 31 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 11 Kent Place Oughton Head Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2LE. North Hertfordshire has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 3 weeks quicker than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Butts Close, Hitchin conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,992 applications in total for the SG5 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
SG5 2LE
Application type
Trees (Conservation Area)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hitchin

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 September 2023
Target decision date
23 October 2023
Permission expires
12 October 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12439151
Comments
0
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Butts Close, Hitchin
  • 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: North Hertfordshire

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