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8 Cornelia Court Hitherfield Lane Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 4Jf

TP/2024/0627Tree works in conservation areaApproved

Approved on 14 January 2025

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

G1 Maple - Fell Plum - Fell Sycamore - Fell 2 x Plum - Fell Beech - Fell Multi Stem Sycamore - Fell The identified trees are inflicting the historic wall to collapse with the roots. The specie are of limited value. - Fell

Received
22 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harpenden West
  1. Received22 Nov
  2. Validated26 Nov
  3. Consult.17 Dec
  4. Target17 Dec
  5. Decided14 Jan

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 8 Cornelia Court Hitherfield Lane Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 4Jf. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 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. In the past year there have been 196 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 4JF
Application type
Tree works in conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 November 2024
Consultation expiry
17 December 2024
Consultation end
17 December 2024
Target decision date
17 December 2024
Application expires
6 January 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13585629
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Harpenden
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO1874Part of the site · +1 more
  • 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

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© 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.

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Source: St Albans

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