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High Elms House 1 High Elms Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 2JU

26/0537/TCAAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Beech: Crown reduction by 2-3m and canopy thinning by 20% Beech: Removal of 2 branches overhanging house and close to eves to provide greater clearance from property Hornbeam: Cutting-back to trunk of long thin limbs overhanging boundary line and roof (limbs are currently resting on roof tiles) Walnut: Crown reduction by 2m and re-balancing of tree shape

Received
19 October 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 5 November 2026
Ward
Harpenden South
  1. Received19 Oct
  2. Validated27 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application at High Elms House 1 High Elms Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 2JU. St Albans has handled 12,340 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 27 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Harpenden conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 117 applications across Harpenden South. We hold 3,774 applications in total for the AL5 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
AL5 2JU
Parish
Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
David Dearsly

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Harpenden
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO1374Protected tree on or next to this site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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: St Albans

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