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Willow Corner Law Hall Lane Bendish Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8JH

25/01203/TCATrees (Conservation Area)Approved

Approved on 16 May 2025

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

TG1. 1 x Lawson Cypress to be removed and 1 x Laburnum Tree to be reduced in height by 3 metres

Received
5 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hitchwood Ward
  1. Received5 May
  2. Validated5 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Jun
  5. Decided16 May

Decided in 11 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Willow Corner Law Hall Lane Bendish Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8JH. North Hertfordshire has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 11 days, 5 weeks quicker than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Bendish conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Hitchwood 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 8JH
Application type
Trees (Conservation Area)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
St Pauls Walden Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 May 2025
Target decision date
16 June 2025
Permission expires
16 May 2030

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13993431
Comments
0
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bendish
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Harrow Public HouseOn or next to this site
  • Green belt: North Hertfordshire
  • 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, 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.

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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