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14 Watsons Walk St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 1Pa

TP/2021/0431Tree works in conservation areaApproved

Approved on 23 September 2021

Council decision: Tree Works in Conservation Area - Deemed ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 Yew- crown reduction by 0.5m from branch tips. T2 -Crab Apple - reduce height by 2m. T3 Cotoneaster - reduce height to 1.8m. T4 Bay - crown reduction by 4m in height and 1m from lateral branch tips. T5 Hawthorn -trim 1m back from branch tips over pathw

Received
10 August 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Peters
  1. Received10 Aug
  2. Validated11 Aug
  3. Consult.31 Aug
  4. Target31 Aug
  5. Decided23 Sep

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 14 Watsons Walk St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 1Pa. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 12 days quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the St Albans conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 181 applications across St Peters. We hold 3,226 applications in total for the AL1 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
AL1 1PA
Application type
Tree works in conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central St Albans

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 August 2021
Consultation expiry
31 August 2021
Consultation end
31 August 2021
Target decision date
31 August 2021
Application expires
21 September 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10119399
Documents
1

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: St Albans - London Road
  • 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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