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29 Cowper Road Harpenden Al5 5Nf

TP/2019/0140Tree works to TPO trees(s)Withdrawn

Withdrawn on 10 May 2019

Council decision: Invalid treeworks applicationDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

G1 1x Lime - Reduce back lateral growth overhanging property back to main stem. 1x Horse Chestnut - Remove one stem overhanging garden office. All to provide clearance of property.

Received
28 March 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harpenden West
  1. Received28 Mar
  2. Validated4 Apr
  3. Consult.25 Apr
  4. Target25 Apr
  5. Decided10 May

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 29 Cowper Road Harpenden Al5 5Nf. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 43 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Harpenden conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 5NF
Application type
Tree works to TPO trees(s)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 April 2019
Consultation expiry
25 April 2019
Consultation end
25 April 2019
Target decision date
25 April 2019
Application expires
29 May 2019

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-7743545
Documents
4

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
  • 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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