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14 Cornwall Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 1Sh

TP/2023/0523Tree works in conservation areaApproved

Approved on 5 December 2023

Council decision: Tree Works in Conservation Area - Deemed Consent

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

Proposal

Seeking permission to fell and remove a sycamore tree. Tree is positioned fairly centrally in the middle of the garden, blocking a large amount of light. In addition the tree is leaning quite precariously and nervous about it remaining standing long term.

Received
3 October 2023
Ward
Sopwell
  1. Received3 Oct
  2. Validated8 Oct
  3. Consult.30 Oct
  4. Target30 Oct
  5. Decided5 Dec

Decided in 58 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 14 Cornwall Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 1Sh. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer 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 77 applications across Sopwell. 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 1SH
Application type
Tree works in conservation area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 October 2023
Consultation expiry
30 October 2023
Consultation end
30 October 2023
Target decision date
30 October 2023
Application expires
19 November 2023

Planning decision

Case officer
David Dearsly
Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12499660

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 - Alma Road and Priory Park
  • 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.

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