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1 Byron Road Harpenden Al5 4Ad

TP/2019/0347Tree works in conservation areaApproved

Approved on 3 September 2019

Council decision: Treeworks approvalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Large holly bush (Ilex Blue Angel) with a trunk diameter in excess of 7cm to be removed.

Received
7 August 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harpenden West
  1. Received7 Aug
  2. Validated8 Aug
  3. Consult.29 Aug
  4. Target29 Aug
  5. Decided3 Sep

Decided in 26 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 Byron Road Harpenden Al5 4Ad. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the Harpenden conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 196 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 4AD
Application type
Tree works in conservation area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 August 2019
Consultation expiry
29 August 2019
Consultation end
29 August 2019
Target decision date
29 August 2019
Application expires
18 September 2019

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-8063722
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
  • 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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