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Hunters Lodge 17 Gustard Wood Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Rp

TP/2025/0524Tree works in conservation areaApproved

Approved on 18 November 2025

Council decision: PENDINGDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 - Poplar - Pollard by 50% to reduce size as the tree has become very large and is stopping light from coming into the garden and to maintain the health of the tree. T2 - Beech Tree - Reduce by 33% and thin by 20% to maintain the size and health of the

Received
3 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sandridge & Wheathampstead
  1. Received3 Oct
  2. Validated7 Oct
  3. Consult.28 Oct
  4. Target28 Oct
  5. Decided18 Nov

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Hunters Lodge 17 Gustard Wood Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Rp. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 10 days quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the Gustard Wood conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across Sandridge & Wheathampstead. 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 8RP
Application type
Tree works in conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wheathampstead

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 October 2025
Consultation expiry
28 October 2025
Consultation end
28 October 2025
Target decision date
28 October 2025
Application expires
17 November 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14335376
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: Gustard Wood
  • Listed building: Grade II: 17On or next to this site
  • Green belt: St Albans
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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.

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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