23 Hollybush Lane Harpenden Al5 4As

TP/2015/0402Tree works to TPO trees(s)Approved

Approved on 8 September 2015

Council decision: Treeworks approvalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 Lime Tree: 50% Reduction below old pollard points. Reasons: Tree has been previously reduced due to its proximity to buildings.

Received: 16 August 2015
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: St Albans City and District Council
Ward: Harpenden West

ReceivedReceived16 Aug
ValidatedValidated16 Aug
Consult.Consultation26 Sep
TargetTarget Date26 Sep
DecidedDecided8 Sep

Decided in 23 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 23 Hollybush Lane Harpenden Al5 4As. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 5 weeks quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 194 applications across Harpenden West. We hold 3,774 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 4AS
Application type: Tree works to TPO trees(s)
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 16 August 2015
Consultation expiry: 26 September 2015
Consultation end: 26 September 2015
Target decision date: 26 September 2015
Application expires: 10 October 2015

Planning decision

Statutory period: 55 days

Additional information

Documents: 1

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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Source: St Albans

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