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24 Cairns Close St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Eb

TP/2025/0493Tree works to TPO trees(s)Refused

Refused on 24 November 2025

Council decision: Treeworks refusalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

TPO01254 - Tree 176 (Red Horse Chestnut) Proposal of works is for removal of tree, to be replaced with a suitable alternative - as suggested in report from Arborist Patrick Osborne. Due to the prolific amount of open cankers and sparse foliage, possible b

Received
22 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hill End
  1. Received22 Sep
  2. Validated29 Sep
  3. Consult.20 Oct
  4. Target20 Oct
  5. Decided24 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 24 Cairns Close St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Eb. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than St Albans's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Hill End. We hold 2,081 applications in total for the AL4 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
AL4 0EB
Application type
Tree works to TPO trees(s)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 September 2025
Consultation expiry
20 October 2025
Consultation end
20 October 2025
Target decision date
20 October 2025
Application expires
23 November 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14246514
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO1254Protected tree on or next to this site · +2 more
  • Green belt: St Albans
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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