129 Wilbury Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4JG
Approved on 30 April 2026
Council decision: No Objection
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Proposal
T1: Horse Chestnut - Selective crown reduction and reshaping. Removal of ivy from the trunk. T2: Western Red Cedar - Light crown reduction to control height and spread. Removal of any dead or damaged branches T3. Oak - Crown thinning and light reduction to improve structure, balance, and light penetration. Removal of any crossing or congested branches
- Received
- 26 March 2026
- Ward
- Letchworth Norton Ward
- ReceivedReceived26 Mar
- ValidatedValidated26 Mar
- Consult.Consultation19 Apr
- TargetTarget Date7 May
- DecidedDecided30 Apr
Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at 129 Wilbury Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4JG. 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 Letchworth conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 102 applications across Letchworth Norton Ward. We hold 910 applications in total for the SG6 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
- SG6 4JG
- Application type
- Trees (Conservation Area)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Letchworth Garden City
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 19 April 2026
- Consultation end
- 19 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 19 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 7 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Francis Mabbett
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Letchworth
- 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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