Car Parking 156 St Albans Road Sandridge Hertfordshire

TP/2025/0596Tree works to TPO trees(s)Approved

Approved on 15 December 2025

Council decision: Treeworks approval

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

Proposal

T1 - English Oak - tree is located in the corner of the car park of the commercial buildings. Carry out a crown reduction of around 2-2.5m to bring the tree back in line with the outer crown and reshape and balance and crown clean. T2 English Oak - crown

Received: 12 November 2025
Council: St Albans City and District Council
Ward: Marshalswick West

ReceivedReceived12 Nov
ValidatedValidated12 Nov
Consult.Consultation26 Nov
TargetTarget Date26 Nov
DecidedDecided15 Dec

Decided in 33 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Car Parking 156 St Albans Road Sandridge Hertfordshire. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 3 weeks quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the Sandridge conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Marshalswick West.

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

Application type: Tree works to TPO trees(s)
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Sandridge

Planning application dates

Date validated: 12 November 2025
Consultation expiry: 26 November 2025
Consultation end: 26 November 2025
Target decision date: 26 November 2025
Application expires: 6 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14482326
Documents: 3

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: Sandridge
Listed building: Grade II: 20 and 22, High StreetOn 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.

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© 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.

Source: St Albans

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