Dinsley Field School Lane Preston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7UE

26/02204/TCATreesApproved

Approved on 12 October 2026

Council decision: No Objection

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

Proposal

T1, T2, T4, T5: Conifer - Reduce by 50%. T3: Sycamore - Reduce by 30%.

Received: 2 September 2026
Public comments: 0 · last counted 20 October 2026
Council: North Hertfordshire District Council
Ward: Hitchwood Ward

ReceivedReceived2 Sep
ValidatedValidated2 Sep
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided12 Oct

Decided in 40 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Dinsley Field School Lane Preston Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7UE. North Hertfordshire has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 9 days quicker than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Preston conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 7UE
Application type: Trees
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Preston Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 2 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer: Francis Mabbett

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: Preston
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.

Source: North Hertfordshire

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