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18 Sollershott West Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3PX

26/01842/TCATrees (Conservation Area)Approved

Approved on 2 September 2026

Council decision: No Objection

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

Proposal

S1: Red Robin - Coppice at 0.5m. Remove dead stems from the prunes adjacent growing into it. TG1: 2x Prunes - Cut back the first one up to 2.5m into the middle of the grass, cutting to viable growth. Remove the lowest limb on the Prunes nearest to the garage, also encroaching. T1: Sycamore - Cut back the limb growing into the yew to give 1m clearance and lift to give 3m clearance off the ground.

Received
23 July 2026
Ward
Letchworth South West Ward
  1. Received23 Jul
  2. Validated23 Jul
  3. Consult.15 Aug
  4. Target3 Sep
  5. Decided2 Sep

Decided in 41 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 18 Sollershott West Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3PX. North Hertfordshire has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 8 days quicker than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Letchworth conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 155 applications across Letchworth South West 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 3PX
Application type
Trees (Conservation Area)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Letchworth Garden City

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 July 2026
Consultation expiry
15 August 2026
Consultation end
15 August 2026
Last date for comments
15 August 2026
Target decision date
3 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
The Blue Tree Company
Agent address
50 Bunyan Road Hitchin SG5 1NN

Planning decision

Case officer
Francis Mabbett
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15100483
Comments
0
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

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
    23 Jul

    S1: Red Robin - Coppice at 0.5m. Remove dead stems from the prunes adjacent growing into it. TG1: 2x Prunes…

    This applicationApprovedTrees26/01842/TCA
  2. 2026
    23 Jul

    T2: Chestnut - Cut back the lowest limb up to 5m growing over and shadowing the shrubs beneath to allow…

    ApprovedTrees (Tree Preservation Order)Filed alongside26/01849/TPO

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