11 Highfield Oval Ambrose Lane Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 4Fb

TP/2025/0235Tree works in conservation areaApproved

Approved on 25 June 2025

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

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

Proposal

S birch - dying, remove replace

Received: 9 May 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: St Albans City and District Council
Ward: Harpenden North & Rural

ReceivedReceived9 May
ValidatedValidated13 May
Consult.Consultation3 Jun
TargetTarget Date3 Jun
DecidedDecided25 Jun

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 11 Highfield Oval Ambrose Lane Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 4Fb. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 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 96 applications across Harpenden North & Rural. 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 4FB
Application type: Tree works in conservation area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated: 13 May 2025
Consultation expiry: 3 June 2025
Consultation end: 3 June 2025
Target decision date: 3 June 2025
Application expires: 23 June 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period: 41 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14006044
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.

Conservation area: Harpenden
Green belt: St Albans
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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Source: St Albans

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