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14 Devonshire Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 4Tj

TP/2025/0559Tree works in conservation areaApproved

Approved

Council decision: PENDINGDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Silver Birch (T1) is located in the garden of 14 Devonshire Road and has a clear case of honey fungus that is showing at the base of the tree and along the root system through the grass. We would like to remove the tree to ground level before further deca

Received
23 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harpenden East
  1. Received23 Oct
  2. Validated23 Oct
  3. Consult.13 Nov
  4. Target13 Nov
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a tree application at 14 Devonshire Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 4Tj. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 23 October 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Harpenden conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 86 applications across Harpenden East. We hold 3,774 applications in total for the AL5 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
AL5 4TJ
Application type
Tree works in conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 October 2025
Consultation expiry
13 November 2025
Consultation end
13 November 2025
Application expires
3 December 2025

Planning decision

Decision
PENDING
Case officer
David Dearsly
Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14433078
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.

  • Conservation area: Harpenden
  • 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

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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