Play Area East Common Redbourn Hertfordshire
Approved on 4 February 2026
Council decision: Tree Works in Conservation Area - Deemed ConsentDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Remove T2 Laurel
- Received
- 19 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Redbourn
- ReceivedReceived19 Dec
- ValidatedValidated22 Dec
- Consult.Consultation12 Jan
- TargetTarget Date12 Jan
- DecidedDecided4 Feb
Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Play Area East Common Redbourn Hertfordshire. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the Redbourn conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 132 applications across Redbourn.
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 in conservation area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Redbourn
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 12 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 12 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 12 January 2026
- Application expires
- 1 February 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 41 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14579890
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Redbourn
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, 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.
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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.
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Source: St Albans
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