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7 Grosvenor Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 3Bu

TP/2025/0058Tree works in conservation areaApproved

Approved on 27 March 2025

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

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

Proposal

Fell 1 conifer to ground level. Tree has had a few limbs come off over the years. Owners feel tree has become too big for the garden - I totally agree myself. Looking to get more sunlight into the garden and re plant a smaller ornamental tree.

Received
6 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Peters
  1. Received6 Feb
  2. Validated7 Feb
  3. Consult.28 Feb
  4. Target28 Feb
  5. Decided27 Mar

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 7 Grosvenor Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 3Bu. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the St Albans conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 181 applications across St Peters. 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 3BU
Application type
Tree works in conservation area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 February 2025
Consultation expiry
28 February 2025
Consultation end
28 February 2025
Target decision date
28 February 2025
Application expires
20 March 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13754950
Documents
2

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 - Alma Road and Priory Park
  • Brownfield land register: 115, London Road, St Albans, AL1 1LRRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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