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21 The Avenue Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9RJ

26/01969/TPOPermitted

Proposal

T1: Norway Maple - Reduce by 50%, removing all lapsed pollard growth

Received
10 August 2026
Decided
7 October 2026 · Conditional Consent
Public comments
0 · last counted 12 October 2026
Ward
Hitchin Highbury Ward
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received10 Aug
  2. Validated10 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 Oct

Decided in 58 days

This is a planning application at 21 The Avenue Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9RJ. North Hertfordshire has handled 6,650 applications of this type and approves 92% of them, typically deciding them in 50 days. This one was decided in 58 days, 8 days longer than North Hertfordshire's median. The site is in the Hitchin conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 84 applications across Hitchin Highbury Ward. We hold 2,186 applications in total for the SG4 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
26/01969/TPO
Address
21 The Avenue Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9RJ
Postcode
SG4 9RJ
Local Authority
North Hertfordshire
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decided
Ward
Hitchin Highbury Ward
Parish
Hitchin

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
10 August 2026
Date Decided
7 October 2026
Date Validated
10 August 2026
Date Submitted
10 August 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
Conditional Consent
Case Officer
Francis Mabbett

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Coordinates
51.948160, -0.267380
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: North Hertfordshire

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Planning constraints

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

  • Conservation area: Hitchin
  • 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 2026-10-09. 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.

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