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Strip Of Land Behind Rear Boundary 16 Townsend Lane Harpenden Al5 2Qe

TP/2020/0220Tree works in conservation areaApproved

Approved on 10 June 2020

Council decision: Treeworks approvalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Removal of T1 - Elder & Hawthorn (entwined) T2 - Triple Stem Sycamore T3 - Sycamore These 3 trees are on un-registered land at the rear of our garden. The strip of land is very narrow and the trees are very thick and encroach over our boundary line. We wi

Received
23 April 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harpenden West
  1. Received23 Apr
  2. Validated24 Apr
  3. Consult.15 May
  4. Target15 May
  5. Decided10 Jun

Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Strip Of Land Behind Rear Boundary 16 Townsend Lane Harpenden Al5 2Qe. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the Harpenden conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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 2QE
Application type
Tree works in conservation area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 April 2020
Consultation expiry
15 May 2020
Consultation end
15 May 2020
Target decision date
15 May 2020
Application expires
4 June 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-8669689
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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