St Mary Magdalene Church Kings Walden Road Offley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3DX
Approved on 8 May 2026
Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T2: Mulberry - Crown to be reduced by 3m, lateral reduction to clear the overhang on the gravestones, crown thinning by up to 30% removing poor condition growth and unsuitable growth points.
- Received
- 14 April 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Offa Ward
- Agent
- Forestwood Services Ltd
- ReceivedReceived14 Apr
- ValidatedValidated14 Apr
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date26 May
- DecidedDecided8 May
Decided in 24 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at St Mary Magdalene Church Kings Walden Road Offley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3DX. 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 Great Offley conservation area, with 2 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 3DX
- Application type
- Trees (Conservation Area)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Offley 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
- Forestwood Services Ltd
- Agent address
- 1 Angel Cottages Kings Walden Road Great Offley Hitchin SG5 3EA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Great Offley
- Green belt: North Hertfordshire
- 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 (19)
flood storage areas, 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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