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Land Adjacent To 27 Birds Hill Letchworth Garden City SG6 1PL

23/02481/TCATrees (Conservation Area)Approved

Approved on 27 November 2023

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Sycamore - Crown reduction and thinning 25-30%. Removal of low overhanging branches. T2 Sycamore - Crown reduction 25-30%. T3 Ash - Crown reduction 25-30%

Received
25 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Letchworth East Ward Historic
  1. Received25 Oct
  2. Validated25 Oct
  3. Consult.17 Nov
  4. Target6 Dec
  5. Decided27 Nov

Decided in 33 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Land Adjacent To 27 Birds Hill Letchworth Garden City SG6 1PL. North Hertfordshire has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 2 weeks quicker than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Letchworth conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 1PL
Application type
Trees (Conservation Area)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Letchworth Garden City

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 October 2023
Consultation expiry
17 November 2023
Consultation end
17 November 2023
Last date for comments
17 November 2023
Target decision date
6 December 2023
Permission expires
27 November 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12545909
Comments
0
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: LetchworthPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: 124, Ridge RoadOn this site
  • Brownfield land register: Site at Birds Hill, LetchworthRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (19)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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