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4 Royal Oak Lane Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3QT

26/00802/TCATrees (Conservation Area)Approved

Approved on 30 April 2026

Council decision: No Objection

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Proposal

Cherry, Hawthorn - Up to a 1m reduction

Received
26 March 2026
Ward
Offa Ward
Agent
Branching Out Tree and Garden Services
  1. Received26 Mar
  2. Validated26 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 May
  5. Decided30 Apr

Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 4 Royal Oak Lane Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3QT. 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 Pirton conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Offa Ward. We hold 1,992 applications in total for the SG5 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
SG5 3QT
Application type
Trees (Conservation Area)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Pirton Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 March 2026
Target decision date
7 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Branching Out Tree and Garden Services
Agent address
38 Station Road Lower Stondon SG16 6JL

Planning decision

Case officer
Francis Mabbett
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14812709
Comments
0
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: PirtonPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Elm Tree FarmhouseOn or next to this site
  • 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.

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.

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Source: North Hertfordshire

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