14 Longcroft Avenue Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Qz
Approved on 20 November 2024
Council decision: Tree Works in Conservation Area - Deemed ConsentDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
1- Purple Plum- Reduce Purple Plum by 20%, thin and lift off of Path. 2- Reduce Acer - Reduce by 30% 3- Crab Apple- Reduce by 20% and Deadwood 4- Silver Birch- Reduce Two Silver Birch Trees by 5ft, 5- Pear Tree- Light Prune Pear Tree by 20%
- Received
- 1 October 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Harpenden West
- ReceivedReceived1 Oct
- ValidatedValidated2 Oct
- Consult.Consultation23 Oct
- TargetTarget Date23 Oct
- DecidedDecided20 Nov
Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 14 Longcroft Avenue Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Qz. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days 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
- 2 October 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 23 October 2024
- Consultation end
- 23 October 2024
- Target decision date
- 23 October 2024
- Application expires
- 12 November 2024
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 41 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13451700
- Documents
- 2
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.
- 20268 Oct
T1 Eucalyptus - Fell
PendingApplication26/0511/TCA - 202027 May
Rear garden trees T1 - Eucalyptus Crown reduction by up to 3m. T2 - Eucalyptus Crown reduction by 3m approx…
ApprovedTree works in conservation areaTP/2020/0287 - 20192 Dec
Infill first floor extension with rooflight over existing, single storey rear extension, addition of chimney…
DC3 Conditional PermissionHouseholder5/2019/3023
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