68 Queen Street Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9TS
Approved on 18 September 2025
Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Group Mixed species - Remove.
- Received
- 13 August 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Hitchin Priory Ward
- Agent
- Branching Out Tree and Garden Services
- ReceivedReceived13 Aug
- ValidatedValidated13 Aug
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date24 Sep
- DecidedDecided18 Sep
Decided in 36 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at 68 Queen Street Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9TS. North Hertfordshire has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 13 days quicker than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Hitchin conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 131 applications across Hitchin Priory 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 9TS
- Application type
- Trees (Conservation Area)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hitchin
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 August 2025
- Target decision date
- 24 September 2025
- Permission expires
- 18 September 2030
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Branching Out Tree and Garden Services
- Agent address
- 38 Station Road Lower Stondon SG16 6JL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: 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 (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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20265 Feb
Details reserved by condition 4 (Joinery Details of New Timber Doors/Windows) of listed building consent…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/00447/DOC - 20265 Feb
Details reserved by condition 3 (Materials) of listed building consent reference no 25/02760/LBC
ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/00310/DOC
Source: North Hertfordshire
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