40 High Street Ashwell Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5NW
Approved on 13 February 2026
Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T1: Lilac - Coppice at the height of the wall. T2: Plum - Pollard at a 4m to a framework and remove the stem at the back, pushing on the fence. T3: Lilac - Remove the stems of the plum growing from the root system growing in front of the Lilac. Cut back or remove the branches growing into the fence to give up to 30 cm clearance. T4: Self Set Plum - Cut to ground level and eco plug. T5. Holly - Hedge cut all around and being heavier at the top to round off and start to train into a dome/ball. Prune back the branches from the adjacent Apple to give clearance if required.
- Received
- 9 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Arbury Ward
- ReceivedReceived9 Jan
- ValidatedValidated9 Jan
- Consult.Consultation4 Feb
- TargetTarget Date20 Feb
- DecidedDecided13 Feb
Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at 40 High Street Ashwell Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5NW. North Hertfordshire has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 2 weeks quicker than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Ashwell conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 106 applications across Arbury Ward. We hold 486 applications in total for the SG7 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
- SG7 5NW
- Application type
- Trees (Conservation Area)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Ashwell Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 4 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 4 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 4 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 20 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 13 February 2031
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- The Blue Tree Company
- Agent address
- 50 Bunyan Road Hitchin SG5 1NN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Ashwell
- 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.
Source: North Hertfordshire
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