The Guide Hut 2A Townsend Lane Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Qe

TP/2023/0362Tree works in conservation areaApproved

Approved on 17 September 2023

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

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

Proposal

G1 Cypress Group (3) - Fell

Received: 23 July 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: St Albans City and District Council
Ward: Harpenden West

ReceivedReceived23 Jul
ValidatedValidated23 Jul
Consult.Consultation13 Aug
TargetTarget Date13 Aug
DecidedDecided17 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Guide Hut 2A Townsend Lane Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Qe. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. 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
Parish: Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 July 2023
Consultation expiry: 13 August 2023
Consultation end: 13 August 2023
Target decision date: 13 August 2023
Application expires: 2 September 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period: 41 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12334667
Documents: 2

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.

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Source: St Albans

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