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Iris Court Care Home Hitchin Road Gosmore Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7QH

26/00961/TCATrees (Conservation Area)Approved

Approved on 8 May 2026

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 : Ash (species amended) - Sectionally dismantle down to ground level. G1: Leyland Cypress group - Sectionally dismantle down to ground level.

Received
14 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Graveley, St Ippolyts And Wymondley Ward
Agent
Valley Provincial Limited
  1. Received14 Apr
  2. Validated14 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target26 May
  5. Decided8 May

Decided in 24 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Iris Court Care Home Hitchin Road Gosmore Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7QH. North Hertfordshire has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 4 weeks quicker than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Barnmead Road, Beckenham conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Graveley, St Ippolyts And Wymondley 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 7QH
Application type
Trees (Conservation Area)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
St Ippolytts Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 April 2026
Target decision date
26 May 2026
Decision issued
11 May 2026
Permission expires
11 May 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
Valley Provincial Limited
Agent address
Chalcraft Nurseries Shirehall Road Hawley Dartford DA2 7SE GB

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14854941
Comments
0
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Gosmore
  • Green belt: North HertfordshireNext to the 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, listed buildings, 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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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    17 Nov

    G1: Group of 4-5 Cypress - Fell

    ApprovedTrees (Conservation Area)25/02940/TCA

Source: North Hertfordshire

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