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6 Longcroft Avenue Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Qz

TP/2020/0447Tree works in conservation areaApproved

Approved on 3 September 2020

Council decision: Treeworks approvalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

G1 Limes side of house - Pollard back to old pollard points to contain crown spread.

Received
27 July 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harpenden West
  1. Received27 Jul
  2. Validated28 Jul
  3. Consult.18 Aug
  4. Target18 Aug
  5. Decided3 Sep

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 6 Longcroft Avenue Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Qz. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks 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 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 2QZ
Application type
Tree works in conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 July 2020
Consultation expiry
18 August 2020
Consultation end
18 August 2020
Target decision date
18 August 2020
Application expires
7 September 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-8925763
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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