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The White Lion Ph 91 Sopwell Lane St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 1Rn

TP/2021/0442Tree works in conservation areaApproved

Approved on 14 September 2021

Council decision: Treeworks approvalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T01 - Poplar in rear grounds - Fell to ground level and grind out resulting stump. Root plate is found to be historically compromised to south. This tree has been unsympathetically pollarded, as a result is classified as a low valued tree with limited ame

Received
16 August 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Peters
  1. Received16 Aug
  2. Validated17 Aug
  3. Consult.7 Sep
  4. Target7 Sep
  5. Decided14 Sep

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The White Lion Ph 91 Sopwell Lane St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 1Rn. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 4 weeks quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the St Albans conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 181 applications across St Peters. We hold 3,222 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 1RN
Application type
Tree works in conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central St Albans

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 August 2021
Consultation expiry
7 September 2021
Consultation end
7 September 2021
Target decision date
7 September 2021
Application expires
27 September 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10135487
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: St Albans - Holywell Hill / Sopwell Lane
  • Listed building: Grade II: 79, Sopwell LaneOn or next to this site · +4 more
  • Article 4 direction: Sopwell Lane and Albert Street
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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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