61 Kneesworth Street Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5AQ
Approved on 27 February 2026
Council decision: Conditional ConsentDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T1: Yew - Reduce height by up to 1m and prune laterals to shape and balance canopy by up to 0.5m. T2: Whitebeam - Reduce near to previous points by removing regrowth approx 1m lengths and thin canopy by removing epicormic shoots within canopy.
- Received
- 23 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Royston Palace Ward
- ReceivedReceived23 Feb
- ValidatedValidated23 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date20 Apr
- DecidedDecided27 Feb
Decided in 4 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at 61 Kneesworth Street Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5AQ. North Hertfordshire has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 4 days, 6 weeks quicker than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Royston conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Royston Palace Ward. We hold 2,703 applications in total for the SG8 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
- SG8 5AQ
- Application type
- Trees (Tree Preservation Order)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Royston Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 20 April 2026
- Permission expires
- 27 February 2031
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- JD Tree Surgery
- Agent address
- 11 Viceroy Close, Eaton Socon Eaton Socon ST. NEOTS PE198DG United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Royston
- 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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