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Harpenden Common St Albans Road Harpenden Hertfordshire

TP/2024/0192Tree works in conservation areaApproved

Approved on 29 May 2024

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Please see submitted document Health and Safety Survey - Tim Moya Associate for the full scope of works. Work summary: Deadwood/crown cleaning work 25 trees. Felling/coppice work 14 trees. Crown lifting work 1 tree. Crown reduction/specific limb redu

Received
7 April 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harpenden West
  1. Received7 Apr
  2. Validated8 Apr
  3. Consult.29 Apr
  4. Target29 Apr
  5. Decided29 May

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Harpenden Common St Albans Road Harpenden Hertfordshire. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the Harpenden conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. 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 2LE
Application type
Tree works in conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 April 2024
Consultation expiry
29 April 2024
Consultation end
29 April 2024
Target decision date
29 April 2024
Application expires
19 May 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12961126
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Harpenden
  • Green belt: St AlbansPart of the site
  • 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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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