25a Deards End Lane Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6NL

26/02443/TCAApproved

Approved on 9 November 2026

Council decision: No Objection

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

Proposal

T1: Fir - Remove. T2: Fir - Vigorous pollarding on the branches.

Received: 29 September 2026
Public comments: 0 · last counted 30 October 2026
Council: North Hertfordshire District Council
Ward: Knebworth Ward

ReceivedReceived29 Sep
ValidatedValidated29 Sep
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided9 Nov

Decided in 41 days

About this application

This is a planning application at 25a Deards End Lane Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6NL. North Hertfordshire has handled 6,871 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 Deard's End Lane, Knebworth conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 90 applications across Knebworth Ward. We hold 149 applications in total for the SG3 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode: SG3 6NL
Parish: Knebworth Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 29 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: Deard's End Lane, Knebworth
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.

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

2026
17 Aug
2x Fir - Reduce in height by 3m removing the over hanging branches.
ApprovedApplication26/02051/TCA

Source: North Hertfordshire

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