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Hawksmoor Grange 1A High Ridge Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 3Ll

TP/2024/0068Tree works to TPO trees(s)Approved

Approved on 19 March 2024

Council decision: Treeworks approval

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

Proposal

T28 - Oak: 30% Crown reduction. T29 - Oak: 30% Crown reduction. T30 - Oak: 30% Crown reduction. The main reason for the reductions is to reduce the sail effect of the trees in high winds but they also block out a load of light into the property. The tree

Received
5 February 2024
Ward
Harpenden North & Rural
  1. Received5 Feb
  2. Validated6 Feb
  3. Consult.27 Feb
  4. Target27 Feb
  5. Decided19 Mar

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Hawksmoor Grange 1A High Ridge Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 3Ll. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 97 applications across Harpenden North & Rural. 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 3LL
Application type
Tree works to TPO trees(s)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 February 2024
Consultation expiry
27 February 2024
Consultation end
27 February 2024
Target decision date
27 February 2024
Application expires
1 April 2024

Planning decision

Case officer
Roz Richardson
Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12775652
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.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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