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5 Childwick Green Childwickbury St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 6JJ

26/0557/TCAAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Silver Birch (T1 - T5) - Height reduction of 30% to 50%, crown lift and shape.

Received
28 October 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 7 November 2026
Ward
Redbourn
  1. Received28 Oct
  2. Validated29 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a planning application at 5 Childwick Green Childwickbury St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 6JJ. St Albans has handled 12,340 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 29 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Childwickbury conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 132 applications across Redbourn. We hold 2,255 applications in total for the AL3 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
AL3 6JJ
Parish
St Michael

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
David Dearsly

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Childwickbury
  • Listed building: Grade II: 6-9, Harpenden RoadOn this site · +3 more
  • Article 4 direction: Childwick GreenPart of the site · +1 more
  • Green belt: St Albans
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, tree preservation orders, 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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