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1 The Broadway Gustard Wood Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Lw

TP/2023/0197Tree works to TPO trees(s)Approved

Approved on 29 May 2023

Council decision: Treeworks approval

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

Proposal

TPO 1485 Oak tree in front of the property of No 1,bordering No.3. The Broadway request is to reduce the tree by 20% to reduce risk of branch failure & to provide more light to the property. Plus a request to repeat works of about three years ago of trimm

Received
25 April 2023
Ward
Sandridge & Wheathampstead
  1. Received25 Apr
  2. Validated27 Apr
  3. Consult.11 May
  4. Target11 May
  5. Decided29 May

Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 The Broadway Gustard Wood Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Lw. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 3 weeks quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across Sandridge & Wheathampstead. We hold 2,081 applications in total for the AL4 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
AL4 8LW
Application type
Tree works to TPO trees(s)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wheathampstead

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 April 2023
Consultation expiry
12 May 2023
Consultation end
11 May 2023
Target decision date
11 May 2023
Application expires
22 June 2023

Planning decision

Case officer
Roz Richardson
Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12121315
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.

  • Green belt: St Albans
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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