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39 Market Hill Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9JU

26/01939/TCATrees (Conservation Area)Approved

Approved on 12 August 2026

Council decision: No Objection

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

Proposal

T1: Thuja - Remove. T3: Holly - Trim overall by 0.5ms to rebalance and shape. T5: Damson - Reduce height by 1.5 to 2ms to leave approx 7ms tall and reduce lateral branches all round by 1m to rebalance crown; raise lower branches over swings to 2ms above ground level. T6: Mulberry - Reduce height regrowth by 2.5ms to leave at approx 9.5ms and raise lower branches all round to 2ms above ground level to clear lawn. T8: 3x Yew - Remove epicormic growths from trunks up to 4m

Received
3 August 2026
Ward
Royston Meridian Ward
Agent
Acacia Tree Surgery Ltd
  1. Received3 Aug
  2. Validated3 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Sep
  5. Decided12 Aug

Decided in 9 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 39 Market Hill Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9JU. North Hertfordshire has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 9 days, 6 weeks quicker than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Royston conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across Royston Meridian Ward. We hold 2,703 applications in total for the SG8 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
SG8 9JU
Application type
Trees (Conservation Area)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Royston Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 August 2026
Target decision date
14 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Acacia Tree Surgery Ltd
Agent address
63 Winfold Road Waterbeach CB25 9PR

Planning decision

Case officer
Vicki Wood
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15131053
Comments
0
Documents
3

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: Royston
  • Listed building: Grade II: 39, Market HillOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • 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, 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.

Source: North Hertfordshire

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