61 Bedford Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2TU
Approved on 17 March 2025
Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T1 and T2: Cotoneaster and Japanese Spindle - Up to 30% crown reduction (2m) with the branches overhanging the patio trimmed back. T3: Paper Birch - Crown reduction of the top 1m and removal of lower limb. T4: Bay - Shaped and tidy with the top long branches reduced in height (1m) T5: Cherry Laurel - Light crown reduction (1m) to shape and keep the height manageable.
- Received
- 11 March 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Hitchin Oughton Ward
- Agent
- The Eco Arborist Limited
- ReceivedReceived11 Mar
- ValidatedValidated11 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date22 Apr
- DecidedDecided17 Mar
Decided in 6 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at 61 Bedford Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2TU. North Hertfordshire has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 6 days, 6 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. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Hitchin Oughton Ward. 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 2TU
- Application type
- Trees (Conservation Area)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hitchin
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 March 2025
- Target decision date
- 22 April 2025
- Permission expires
- 17 March 2030
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- The Eco Arborist Limited
- Agent address
- c/o Absolute Accountants 10 Park Street Hatfield Hertfordshire AL9 5AX United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
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.
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Source: North Hertfordshire
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