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39 Old School Drive Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Fh

TP/2025/0186Tree works to TPO trees(s)Approved

Approved on 30 May 2025

Council decision: Treeworks approvalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Catalpa bignoniiodes - Reduce by 25%, approx 1.5-2m, located rear garden. To create a more compat canopy, the main stem leans significantly and whilst not diseased or dangerous, the balancing of the crown will mitigate any future issues. Deadwooding also

Received
16 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sandridge & Wheathampstead
  1. Received16 Apr
  2. Validated17 Apr
  3. Consult.8 May
  4. Target8 May
  5. Decided30 May

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 39 Old School Drive Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Fh. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 12 days quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across Sandridge & Wheathampstead. We hold 2,081 applications in total for the AL4 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
AL4 8FH
Application type
Tree works to TPO trees(s)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wheathampstead

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 April 2025
Consultation expiry
8 May 2025
Consultation end
8 May 2025
Target decision date
8 May 2025
Application expires
11 June 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO1867Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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