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Property Behind 10 Old Garden Court St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Rq

TP/2026/0042Tree works to TPO trees(s)Approved

Approved on 12 June 2026

Council decision: Treeworks approval

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

Proposal

To fell a small group of Ash trees and poison stumps. To cut a small group of hawthorns to approx. 4ft. Photos and a map are attached. The trees are located on the boundary of land owned by Old Garden Court Management Ltd. The boundary is with 5a Ver Rd.

Received
1 February 2026
Ward
Verulam
  1. Received1 Feb
  2. Validated13 Apr
  3. Consult.4 May
  4. Target4 May
  5. Decided12 Jun

Decided in 60 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Property Behind 10 Old Garden Court St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Rq. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 131 days, 11 weeks longer than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the St Albans conservation area, with 9 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 4RQ
Application type
Tree works to TPO trees(s)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 April 2026
Consultation expiry
4 May 2026
Consultation end
4 May 2026
Target decision date
4 May 2026
Application expires
7 June 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Roz Richardson
Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14669452
Documents
0

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
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO0052Protected tree on or next to this site · +2 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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