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Letchworth Guide Hall 247A Icknield Way Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4UE

24/01829/TCATrees (Conservation Area)Permitted

Proposal

G1: Hazel, Laurel and Privet - Reduce height to approx. 12-15ft. G2: Hazel - Lateral growth over the hall side removed. G3: Silver Birch - Prune back away from the hall

Received
15 August 2024
Decided
27 September 2024 · No Objection
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Letchworth Norton Ward
Approximate site (title boundary)
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  1. Received15 Aug
  2. Validated19 Aug
  3. Consult.11 Sep
  4. Target30 Sep
  5. Decided27 Sep

Decided in 39 days (council typically 49)

7 weeks typical decision time in North Hertfordshire100% of trees applications approved

This is a tree application at Letchworth Guide Hall 247A Icknield Way Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4UE. North Hertfordshire has handled 803 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 29 days. This one was decided in 43 days, 2 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's median. The site is in a conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 95 applications across Letchworth Norton Ward. We hold 882 applications in total for the SG6 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
24/01829/TCA
Address
Letchworth Guide Hall 247A Icknield Way Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4UE
Postcode
SG6 4UE
Local Authority
North Hertfordshire
Application Type
Trees (Conservation Area)
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decided
Ward
Letchworth Norton Ward
Parish
Letchworth Garden City

Applicant & Agent

Agent
4Seasons Specialist Tree Surgeons Ltd
Agent Address
19 Tansy Avenue Stotfold Hitchin SG5 4GJ

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
15 August 2024
Consultation Expiry
11 September 2024
Target Decision Date
30 September 2024
Date Decided
27 September 2024
Date Validated
19 August 2024
Date Submitted
15 August 2024
Consultation End
11 September 2024
Last Date for Comments
11 September 2024
Decision Issued
30 September 2024
Permission Expires
30 September 2029

Planning Decision

Decision
No Objection
Decided By
Delegated
Statutory Period
42 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13318472
Comments
0
Documents
4
Coordinates
51.982950, -0.225127
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: North Hertfordshire

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Planning 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)

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 2026-10-09. 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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