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The Spinney Little Lane Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 1Df

TP/2025/0295Tree works in conservation areaApproved

Approved on 23 July 2025

Council decision: Tree Works in Conservation Area - Deemed Consent

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

Proposal

T1 - Holly to be reduced in height by 4ft and sides trimmed to suit T2 - Sweet chestnut to have deadwood removed and lower level laterals over neighbouring property reduced back to property line T3 - Mixed hedge (mainly holly & laurel) to be reduced to 3m

Received
6 June 2025
Ward
Harpenden South
  1. Received6 Jun
  2. Validated10 Jun
  3. Consult.1 Jul
  4. Target1 Jul
  5. Decided23 Jul

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Spinney Little Lane Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 1Df. 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. 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 1DF
Application type
Tree works in conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 June 2025
Consultation expiry
1 July 2025
Consultation end
1 July 2025
Target decision date
1 July 2025
Application expires
21 July 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14077493
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: 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.

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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