8 Longcroft Avenue Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Qz
Approved on 24 September 2024
Council decision: Tree Works in Conservation Area - Deemed ConsentDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
The Cypress/ Conifer trees at the rear garden - reduce by 1m Cherry - Reduce canopy, crown clean and re-balance.
- Received
- 13 August 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Harpenden West
- ReceivedReceived13 Aug
- ValidatedValidated14 Aug
- Consult.Consultation4 Sep
- TargetTarget Date4 Sep
- DecidedDecided24 Sep
Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 8 Longcroft Avenue Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Qz. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the Harpenden conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 197 applications across Harpenden West. 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 2QZ
- Application type
- Tree works in conservation area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Harpenden Town
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 August 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 4 September 2024
- Consultation end
- 4 September 2024
- Target decision date
- 4 September 2024
- Application expires
- 24 September 2024
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 41 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 1
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Harpenden
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20265 Nov
Pollard 3 x lime trees in rear garden. Crown height reduc. of Eucaplytus tree in rear garden by min 3 metres…
PendingApplication26/0564/TCA - 202527 Aug
We have a Hornbeam tree in our rear garden which has died. We seek permission to have it removed. We intend…
ApprovedTree works in conservation areaTP/2025/0432 - 202315 Oct
T1 Lime Re-pollard back to main stem, at approximately 3m in height. T2 Lime Re-pollard back to main stem, at…
ApprovedTree works in conservation areaTP/2023/0555
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