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1 Watford Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 2Aa

TP/2025/0313Tree works in conservation areaApproved

Approved on 7 August 2025

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed Work: We propose to reduce the crown of the three Yew trees by approximately 30%, ensuring a sympathetic and professional pruning that maintains the trees shape and long-term health. Also, to crown raise the lowest left-hand-side by 3 metres. Jus

Received
24 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Verulam
  1. Received24 Jun
  2. Validated27 Jun
  3. Consult.17 Jul
  4. Target17 Jul
  5. Decided7 Aug

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 Watford Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 2Aa. 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. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 149 applications across Verulam. 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 2AA
Application type
Tree works in conservation area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 June 2025
Consultation expiry
17 July 2025
Consultation end
17 July 2025
Target decision date
17 July 2025
Application expires
7 August 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14124388
Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO1418Protected 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

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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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