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Harpenden Sports Centre Rothamsted Park Leyton Road Harpenden Al5 2Hu

TP/2019/0042Tree works in conservation areaApproved

Approved on 19 February 2019

Council decision: Treeworks approvalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

The works detailed below are related to the Planning Application for Harpenden Leisure and Culture, approved by the Local Planning Authority on 20 Dec 2018 (ref: 5/18/0157). Tree removal works are as detailed in the attached 'Harpenden Sports and Leisure

Received
31 January 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harpenden West
  1. Received31 Jan
  2. Validated31 Jan
  3. Consult.21 Feb
  4. Target21 Feb
  5. Decided19 Feb

Decided in 19 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Harpenden Sports Centre Rothamsted Park Leyton Road Harpenden Al5 2Hu. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 19 days, 5 weeks quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the Harpenden conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 197 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 2HU
Application type
Tree works in conservation area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 January 2019
Consultation expiry
21 February 2019
Consultation end
21 February 2019
Target decision date
21 February 2019
Application expires
13 March 2019

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-7573057
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
  • Listed building: 21 Leyton Road HarpendenOn or next to this site
  • 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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