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Lime Tree House 48 High Street Whitwell Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8AG

26/01801/TCATrees (Conservation Area)Approved

Approved on 5 August 2026

Council decision: No Objection

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

T4: Crack Willow - Pollard

Received
22 July 2026
Ward
Hitchwood Ward
  1. Received
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Sep
  5. Decided5 Aug

About this application

This is a tree application at Lime Tree House 48 High Street Whitwell Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8AG. North Hertfordshire has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 13 days, 5 weeks quicker than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Whitwell conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Hitchwood 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 8AG
Application type
Trees (Conservation Area)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
St Pauls Walden Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 July 2026
Target decision date
3 September 2026
Decision issued
4 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Settle
Agent address
Blackhorse Road Letchworth Garden City SG6 1HA United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Francis Mabbett
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15091955
Comments
0
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    24 Jul

    8 x Lime - Removal of epicormic growth to a height of 7ft, to allow clear access to the public footpath

    ApprovedApplicationFiled alongside26/01857/TCA
  2. 2026
    23 Jul

    T4: Crack Willow - Pollard

    This applicationApprovedTrees26/01801/TCA

Source: North Hertfordshire

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