Cherry Trees Mackerye End Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 5Ds

TP/2025/0390Tree works in conservation areaApproved

Approved on 5 August 2025

Council decision: Treework exemptDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 Silver Birch (dead) - Fell 5 DAY NOTICE REQUIRED PLEASE

Received: 4 August 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: St Albans City and District Council
Ward: Sandridge & Wheathampstead

ReceivedReceived4 Aug
ValidatedValidated5 Aug
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date5 Aug
DecidedDecided5 Aug

Decided in 0 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Cherry Trees Mackerye End Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 5Ds. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 1 day, 8 weeks quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the Mackerye End conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across Sandridge & Wheathampstead. 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 5DS
Application type: Tree works in conservation area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Wheathampstead

Planning application dates

Date validated: 5 August 2025
Target decision date: 5 August 2025
Application expires: 15 September 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period: 41 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14228962
Documents: 1

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: Mackerye End
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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