Sleapshyde Farm Sleapshyde Smallford St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Se
Approved on 26 October 2023
Council decision: Tree Works in Conservation Area - Deemed ConsentDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
A Willow tree to be pollarded back to previous pollarding joints
- Received
- 5 September 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Colney Heath
- ReceivedReceived5 Sep
- ValidatedValidated6 Sep
- Consult.Consultation28 Sep
- TargetTarget Date28 Sep
- DecidedDecided26 Oct
Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Sleapshyde Farm Sleapshyde Smallford St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Se. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the Sleapshyde conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 17 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 52 applications across Colney Heath. We hold 2,082 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 0SE
- Application type
- Tree works in conservation area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Colney Heath
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 September 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 28 September 2023
- Consultation end
- 28 September 2023
- Target decision date
- 28 September 2023
- Application expires
- 17 October 2023
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 41 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12438799
- Documents
- 2
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Sleapshyde
- Green belt: St Albans
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage 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.
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© 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.
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Planning history at this site
17 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202412 Feb
Change of use of an agricultural barn to residential dwelling with associated hard and soft landscaping
PendingChange of Use5/2024/0259 - 202317 Feb
Discharge of Condition 3 (materials) 5 (window details) and 6 ( bin store details) of planning permission…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions5/2023/0343 - 202119 Nov
Discharge of Condition 10 (building recording/watching brief) of 5/2019/0152
Discharge of Condition - ApprovedDischarge of conditions5/2021/3235 - 202129 Jul
Discharge of Conditions 5 (windows and doors), 6 (installing services), 7 (structural alterations), 8 (eaves…
RefusedDischarge of conditions5/2021/2269 - 202129 Jul
Discharge of Conditions 6 (hard and soft landscape), 7 (planting plans), 14 (windows and doors), 15…
Discharge of Condition - PartialDischarge of conditions5/2021/2220 - 202017 Aug
Timber stable block with associated hardstanding and landscaping
Refused(Minor) All Other Developments5/2020/1885 - 20198 Nov
Creation of new gated vehicular access
DC3 Conditional Permission(Minor) All Other Developments5/2019/2825 - 201912 Aug
Discharge of Condition 15 (Details of structural alterations) of planning permission 5/2019/0034
Discharge of Condition - PartialDischarge of conditions5/2019/2084 - 201912 Aug
Discharge of Condition 7 (Details of structural alterations) of planning permission 5/2019/0152
Discharge of Condition - PartialDischarge of conditions5/2019/2085 - 201922 Jul
Discharge of Conditions 12 (bat survey), 14 (details of proposed windows and floor plans) and 16 (details of…
Discharge of Condition - PartialDischarge of conditions5/2019/1890 - 201922 Jul
Discharge of Conditions 5 (details of proposed windows and doors), 8 (details of proposed eaves and plinth…
Discharge of Condition - PartialDischarge of conditions5/2019/1891 - 201915 May
Discharge of Conditions 6 (hard and soft landscape works), 7 (soft landscape works) and 14 (windows and…
RefusedDischarge of conditions5/2019/1239 - 201915 May
Discharge of Conditions 5 (external walls and roofs), 8 (eaves and plinths) and 9 (further information) of…
RefusedDischarge of conditions5/2019/1386 - 201926 Apr
Listed Building consent - Re-instatement of first floor rear window, repositioning of alarm box and…
DC10 Listed Building Conditional ConsentListed building consent5/2019/1091 - 20197 Jan
Discharge of Conditions 3 (rafter vent details) and 4 (recording survey) of Listed Building consent…
Discharge of Condition - PartialDischarge of conditions5/2019/0038 - 201826 Nov
Listed Building consent - Repair and reinstatement of living room ceiling
DC10 Listed Building Conditional ConsentListed building consent5/2018/3118 - 201820 Jul
Listed Building consent - Replacement roofs, alterations to chimneys and installation of cast iron gutter and…
DC10 Listed Building Conditional ConsentListed building consent5/2018/1998
Source: St Albans
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