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30 Church Crescent St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 5Je

TP/2023/0553Tree works in conservation areaApproved

Approved on 5 December 2023

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

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

Proposal

Rear garden tree. The tree is a T1 Silver Birch. We wish to apply for a crown reduction - reducing the height and spread by 2m, to provide sunlight to the other plants and small trees currently under the spread of the branches.

Received
15 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Peters
  1. Received15 Oct
  2. Validated16 Oct
  3. Consult.6 Nov
  4. Target6 Nov
  5. Decided5 Dec

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 30 Church Crescent St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 5Je. 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 St Albans conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 181 applications across St Peters. We hold 2,256 applications in total for the AL3 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
AL3 5JE
Application type
Tree works in conservation area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 October 2023
Consultation expiry
6 November 2023
Consultation end
6 November 2023
Target decision date
6 November 2023
Application expires
27 November 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12530797
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: St Albans - Gombards and the Spencer Park Estate
  • 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.

Source: St Albans

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