156 Fishpool Street St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Rz
Approved on 22 April 2026
Council decision: Tree Works in Conservation Area - Deemed ConsentDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Tree Species: Monterey Cypress Number on sketch plan: 1 Trim under crown of tree and remove ivy growing up and within Tree Species: Holly tree Number on sketch plan: 2 Trim top crown of tree to reduce height and maintain good structure
- Received
- 25 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Verulam
- ReceivedReceived25 Feb
- ValidatedValidated3 Mar
- Consult.Consultation24 Mar
- TargetTarget Date24 Mar
- DecidedDecided22 Apr
Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 156 Fishpool Street St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Rz. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the St Albans conservation area, with 16 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 4RZ
- Application type
- Tree works in conservation area
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 24 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 24 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 24 March 2026
- Application expires
- 13 April 2026
Planning decision
- Case officer
- David Dearsly
- Statutory period
- 41 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14378843
- Documents
- 7
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
- Article 4 direction: Verulam and Fishpool Street
- Tree Preservation Order: TPO1839Protected tree on or next to this site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, 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.
Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202625 Sep
Discharge of Condition 3 (details of rooflights) of listed building consent 5/2026/0371
PendingDischarge of conditions5/2026/1743 - 202617 Aug
Discharge of Condition 3 (details of fixing methodology, including extent of fabric removal) of Listed…
RefusedDischarge of conditions5/2026/1540 - 202613 Feb
Listed building Consent - Removal of existing upvc roof window and installation of 5 conservation roof…
DC10 Listed Building Conditional ConsentListed building consent5/2026/0371 - 202613 Feb
Removal of existing upvc roof window and installation of conservation roof windows to rear elevation roof at…
DC3 Conditional PermissionApplication5/2026/0269
Source: St Albans
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