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33 Westminster Court St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 2Dx

TP/2024/0329Tree works to TPO trees(s)Approved

Approved on 2 September 2024

Council decision: Treeworks approvalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Conifer - leaning, outside No33 - Remove due to slightly raised root plate and weighted on one side which makes it unstable Next to No: 33 one large Conifer encroaching over roof of property to cut back from property by approx 2m

Received
10 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Verulam
  1. Received10 Jul
  2. Validated12 Jul
  3. Consult.2 Aug
  4. Target2 Aug
  5. Decided2 Sep

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 33 Westminster Court St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 2Dx. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. 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 149 applications across Verulam. 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 2DX
Application type
Tree works to TPO trees(s)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 July 2024
Consultation expiry
2 August 2024
Consultation end
2 August 2024
Target decision date
2 August 2024
Application expires
5 September 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13233262
Documents
6

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 - The Park and St Stephens Hill
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO0004Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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