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The Old Post Office High Street Barley Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8JA

26/02857/TCAAwaiting decision
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

T3 Ash Tree - Reduce one lower limb to leave approximately 1m from the main stem and reduce one upper limb by up to 2m to reduce overhang towards The Old Post Office.

Received
1 October 2026
Ward
Stockwell East
  1. Received1 Oct
  2. Validated15 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a planning application at The Old Post Office High Street Barley Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8JA. North Hertfordshire has handled 6,871 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 3 November 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Barley conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Stockwell East. We hold 2,703 applications in total for the SG8 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
SG8 8JA

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Callum Henderson

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: Barley
  • 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
    4 Nov

    T1: Holly - Reduce height by 2.5ms and prune laterals all round by 1m to reshape into smaller conical shape…

    ApprovedApplicationFiled alongside26/02853/TCA
  2. 2026
    3 Nov

    T3 Ash Tree - Reduce one lower limb to leave approximately 1m from the main stem and reduce one upper limb by…

    This applicationPendingApplication26/02857/TCA

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