23 Prospect Road St Albans Al1 2At

TP/2016/0442Tree works in conservation areaApproved

Approved on 27 October 2016

Council decision: Treeworks approvalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

4 x Trees as shown on plan - prune back to boundary line and give clearence of building.

Received: 3 October 2016
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: St Albans City and District Council
Ward: Sopwell

ReceivedReceived3 Oct
ValidatedValidated6 Oct
Consult.Consultation3 Nov
TargetTarget Date3 Nov
DecidedDecided27 Oct

Decided in 21 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 23 Prospect Road St Albans Al1 2At. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 5 weeks quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the St Albans conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across Sopwell. We hold 3,222 applications in total for the AL1 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode: AL1 2AT
Application type: Tree works in conservation area
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 6 October 2016
Consultation expiry: 3 November 2016
Consultation end: 3 November 2016
Target decision date: 3 November 2016
Application expires: 16 November 2016

Planning decision

Statutory period: 41 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.

Conservation area: St Albans - Prospect Road
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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: St Albans

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near AL1

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Nearby applications

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Contractors near this project

Find contractors for tree surgery near this site

View all contractors

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused on your street for the project you have in mind. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your street Buying this property? Report on this address