5 Halifax Close Bricket Wood Al2 3Rh

TP/2016/0411Tree works to TPO trees(s)Approved

Approved on 7 October 2016

Council decision: Treeworks approval

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

Proposal

Reduce height of Oaks T4 & T5 and reduce side facing 6 Bucknalls Drive by 30%. Reason - to allow more light into garden.

Received: 14 September 2016
Council: St Albans City and District Council
Ward: St Stephen

ReceivedReceived14 Sep
ValidatedValidated15 Sep
Consult.Consultation6 Oct
TargetTarget Date6 Oct
DecidedDecided7 Oct

Decided in 22 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 5 Halifax Close Bricket Wood Al2 3Rh. 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 105 applications across St Stephen. We hold 1,041 applications in total for the AL2 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: AL2 3RH
Application type: Tree works to TPO trees(s)
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 15 September 2016
Consultation expiry: 6 October 2016
Consultation end: 6 October 2016
Target decision date: 6 October 2016
Application expires: 9 November 2016

Planning decision

Statutory period: 55 days

Additional information

Documents: 2

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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