Fig Tree Cottage The Green Preston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7UB
Approved on 14 April 2025
Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
T1: Fig - Reduce by approx. 20-25%. T2: Ceanothus - Split in the stem requires selective pruning. T3: Hazel - Reduce height by approx. 1-1.5m. T4: Holly - Prune and hedge trim of an ornamental ball to previous points. T5: Cotoneaster - Prune to shape approx. 15-20%. T6: Holly - Pruned to shape approx. 20%. T7: Holly - Prune to shape approx. 20-25%. T8: Yew - Reduce by approx. 20-25%. T9: Laurel - Lateral growth pruned back from the house by approx. 2-3m. T10: Portuguese Laurel - Prune to shape approx. 20%. T11: Hazel - Prune to shape approx. 20% and crown lifted to approx. 2-2.5m.
- Received
- 14 March 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Hitchwood Ward
- Agent
- 4Seasons Specialist Tree Surgeons Ltd
- ReceivedReceived14 Mar
- ValidatedValidated14 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date25 Apr
- DecidedDecided14 Apr
Decided in 31 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at Fig Tree Cottage The Green Preston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7UB. 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 Preston conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. 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 7UB
- Application type
- Trees (Conservation Area)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Preston Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 March 2025
- Target decision date
- 25 April 2025
- Permission expires
- 14 April 2030
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- 4Seasons Specialist Tree Surgeons Ltd
- Agent address
- 19 Tansy Avenue Stotfold Hitchin Beds. SG5 4GJ United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Preston
- 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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© 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.
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Source: North Hertfordshire
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