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Knights Orchard Verulam Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Dj

TP/2025/0625Tree works in conservation areaApproved

Approved on 13 January 2026

Council decision: PENDINGDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Tree Identification: Ash Tree located at Knights Orchard, Verulam Road, St. Albans AL3 4DJ (See annotation in attached files) Proposed Work: Re-pollarding of an Ash Tree in order to maintain tree size and to promote strong healthy regrowth. Work will be c

Received
26 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Verulam
  1. Received26 Nov
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.15 Dec
  4. Target15 Dec
  5. Decided13 Jan

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Knights Orchard Verulam Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Dj. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the St Albans conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 149 applications across Verulam. We hold 2,256 applications in total for the AL3 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
AL3 4DJ
Application type
Tree works in conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central St Albans

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 December 2025
Consultation expiry
15 December 2025
Consultation end
15 December 2025
Target decision date
15 December 2025
Application expires
11 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14516809
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: St Albans - Verulam Road
  • 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    26 Nov

    Tree Identification: Ash Tree located at Knights Orchard, Verulam Road, St. Albans AL3 4DJ (See annotation in…

    This applicationConditionsTreesTP/2025/0625
  2. 2025
    26 Nov

    Tree(s) Identification: Plum and Lilac Trees (as annotated in the attachments) Proposed Work: Felling of both…

    ConditionsTree works in conservation areaFiled alongsideTP/2025/0626

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