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Devon Court Old London Road St Albans Hertfordshire

TP/2025/0352Tree works in conservation areaApproved

Approved on 3 September 2025

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Tree involved: Silver Birch Proposed Works: Selective removal of approximately 7-8 lower branches overhanging the car parking area. Description of Work: We propose to carry out minor pruning to remove approximately 7-8 lateral branches that currently over

Received
16 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sopwell
  1. Received16 Jul
  2. Validated21 Jul
  3. Consult.11 Aug
  4. Target11 Aug
  5. Decided3 Sep

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Devon Court Old London Road St Albans Hertfordshire. 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. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 76 applications across Sopwell. 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 1PP
Application type
Tree works in conservation area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 July 2025
Consultation expiry
11 August 2025
Consultation end
11 August 2025
Target decision date
11 August 2025
Application expires
31 August 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14181821
Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: St Albans - Alma Road and Priory Park
  • 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

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: St Albans

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