Kingsbury Watermill St Michaels Street St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Sj
Approved on 2 April 2026
Council decision: Tree Works in Conservation Area - Deemed ConsentDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Poplar tree dismantle and remove due to excessive worsening cavity at base, lean of tree and dangerous risk, possibility of future failure damaging buildings
- Received
- 16 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Verulam
- ReceivedReceived16 Feb
- ValidatedValidated18 Feb
- Consult.Consultation11 Mar
- TargetTarget Date11 Mar
- DecidedDecided2 Apr
Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Kingsbury Watermill St Michaels Street St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Sj. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the St Albans conservation area, with 8 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 2,255 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 4SJ
- Application type
- Tree works in conservation area
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 11 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 11 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 11 March 2026
- Application expires
- 31 March 2026
Planning decision
- Case officer
- David Dearsly
- Statutory period
- 41 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14707045
- Documents
- 4
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: St Albans - Fishpool Street and St Michaels Village
- Green belt: St Albans
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, 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.
Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20261 May
Construction of a demountable timber canopy to provide covered seating and associated landscape enhancements…
PendingApplication5/2026/0687 - 20261 May
Listed Building consent -Construction of a demountable timber canopy to provide covered seating and…
PendingListed building consent5/2026/0693 - No date
Listed Building consent - Repairs and associated works to include reinstatement of existing timber beam that…
DC10 Listed Building Conditional ConsentListed building consent5/2024/2283 - No date
Discharge of Condition 3 (samples of the materials) of listed building consent 5/2024/2283
ApprovedDischarge of conditions5/2025/1377
Source: St Albans
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