The Hollybush Ph Potters Crouch Lane St Albans Hertfordshire Al2 3Nn
Approved on 18 March 2026
Council decision: Tree Works in Conservation Area - Deemed ConsentDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
G1 Cypress x2 Issue 36. Reduce both trees in height by 3-4m. Trim sides to contain and create an even outline.
- Received
- 2 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Verulam
- ReceivedReceived2 Feb
- ValidatedValidated5 Feb
- Consult.Consultation26 Feb
- TargetTarget Date26 Feb
- DecidedDecided18 Mar
Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at The Hollybush Ph Potters Crouch Lane St Albans Hertfordshire Al2 3Nn. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 12 days quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the Potters Crouch 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 1,041 applications in total for the AL2 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
- AL2 3NN
- Application type
- Tree works in conservation area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- St Michael
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 26 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 26 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 26 February 2026
- Application expires
- 18 March 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 41 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14671281
- Documents
- 2
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Potters Crouch
- Green belt: St Albans
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.
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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