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4 Laurelsfield St Albans Al3 4Bz

TP/2018/0007Tree works to TPO trees(s)Approved

Approved on 31 January 2018

Council decision: Treeworks approvalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Thin crown of Cedar in front garden by 20% & shorten lateral limbs + storm damaged limbs to balance tree. Reason - Recent storm damage. Conifer tree not protected by the TPO or CA also listed for removal.

Received
3 January 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Verulam
  1. Received3 Jan
  2. Validated4 Jan
  3. Consult.25 Jan
  4. Target25 Jan
  5. Decided31 Jan

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 4 Laurelsfield St Albans Al3 4Bz. 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. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 149 applications across Verulam. We hold 2,255 applications in total for the AL3 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
AL3 4BZ
Application type
Tree works to TPO trees(s)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 January 2018
Consultation expiry
25 January 2018
Consultation end
25 January 2018
Target decision date
25 January 2018
Application expires
28 February 2018

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.

  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO1681Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2018
    3 Jan

    Thin crown of Cedar in front garden by 20% & shorten lateral limbs + storm damaged limbs to balance tree…

    PendingTree works to TPO trees(s)Filed alongsideTP/2017/0671
  2. 2018
    3 Jan

    Thin crown of Cedar in front garden by 20% & shorten lateral limbs + storm damaged limbs to balance tree…

    This applicationApprovedTreesTP/2018/0007

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