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16 Kingsbury Avenue St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Ta

TP/2025/0629Tree 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

based on the advice of Tree Surgeon, ideally we will remove the 2 x Silvery Birch trees (Betula Pendula) and replace with new smaller trees in keeping with the garden. The trees would be removed entirely, allowing for the planing of new trees. expected wo

Received
28 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Verulam
  1. Received28 Nov
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.22 Dec
  4. Target22 Dec
  5. Decided13 Jan

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 16 Kingsbury Avenue St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Ta. 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 St Albans conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 4TA
Application type
Tree works in conservation area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14474766
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: St Albans - Mount Pleasant
  • 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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