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Akrill House Hollybush Lane Harpenden Al5 4Bj

TP/2015/0316Tree works to TPO trees(s)Approved

Approved on 29 July 2015

Council decision: Treeworks approvalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Pollard Norway Maple T5 to 5m due to extensive decay. Fell previously pollarded Horse Chestnut T2 due to presence of decay in pollard points and dislike of tree by residents. Fell Norway Maple T15 due to to presence of decay. Cut back Conservation Area p

Received
1 July 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harpenden West
  1. Received1 Jul
  2. Validated9 Jul
  3. Consult.29 Jul
  4. Target29 Jul
  5. Decided29 Jul

Decided in 20 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Akrill House Hollybush Lane Harpenden Al5 4Bj. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the Harpenden conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 194 applications across Harpenden West. We hold 3,780 applications in total for the AL5 postcode area.

99% of trees applications at St Albans City and District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
AL5 4BJ
Application type
Tree works to TPO trees(s)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 July 2015
Consultation expiry
29 July 2015
Consultation end
29 July 2015
Target decision date
29 July 2015
Application expires
2 September 2015

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
5

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: Harpenden
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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