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Town Farm Hitchin Road Weston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7DB

24/01970/TCATrees (Conservation Area)Approved

Approved on 26 September 2024

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

G1: 5 x Lime - Reduce by 1m. T1: Silver Birch - Remove one branch touching neighbours house . T2: Magnolia - Remove dead wood and reduce by 0.5m to re-balance crown . T3: Hornbeam - Reduce by 2m to re-shape

Received
3 September 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weston And Sandon Ward
Agent
APA Contract Services
  1. Received3 Sep
  2. Validated3 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Oct
  5. Decided26 Sep

Decided in 23 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Town Farm Hitchin Road Weston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7DB. North Hertfordshire has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 4 weeks quicker than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Weston conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 61 applications across Weston And Sandon Ward. 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 7DB
Application type
Trees (Conservation Area)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Weston Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 September 2024
Target decision date
15 October 2024
Permission expires
26 September 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
APA Contract Services
Agent address
Unit N Shangri La Farm Todds Green Hertfordshire SG1 2JE United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13380345
Comments
0
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Weston
  • Listed building: Grade II: Town FarmhouseOn 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

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    1 Oct

    G1: Small Leaved Lime - Prune to previous points. T1: Holly - Fell to ground level and remove all arisings…

    ApprovedApplication26/02472/TCA
  2. 2022
    7 Feb

    G1 Lime- Crown reduce to form pleached limes. T1 Fig - Crown reduce height and spread by upto 1m. T2 Silver…

    ApprovedTrees (Conservation Area)22/00343/TCA
  3. 2015
    14 Jan

    Replace 3 no. windows on front elevation and 6 no. windows on rear elevation.

    Conditional ConsentListed building consent14/03401/1LB
  4. 2013
    29 Jul

    Replace all windows

    RefusedListed building consent13/01282/1LB
  5. 2008
    16 Apr

    Change of use from Class A1 to Class B1

    ApprovedFull Planning Permission08/00844/1
  6. 2006
    8 Sep

    Proposed internal opening between kitchen and dining room

    Conditional ConsentListed building consent06/02051/1LB

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