3 Grafton Close St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Ex

TP/2026/0147Tree works to TPO trees(s)Approved

Approved on 13 May 2026

Council decision: Treeworks part approved

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

Proposal

T57 Copper Beech located at the front of the property - 20% lateral reduction and crown thinning. The proposed 20% crown reduction and thinning are required to address the excessive shading of 3 Grafton Close and 5 Grafton Close which currently limits nat

Received: 20 March 2026
Council: St Albans City and District Council
Ward: Hill End

ReceivedReceived20 Mar
ValidatedValidated30 Mar
Consult.Consultation20 Apr
TargetTarget Date20 Apr
DecidedDecided13 May

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 3 Grafton Close St Albans Hertfordshire Al4 0Ex. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Hill End. We hold 2,081 applications in total for the AL4 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: AL4 0EX
Application type: Tree works to TPO trees(s)
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 30 March 2026
Consultation expiry: 20 April 2026
Consultation end: 20 April 2026
Target decision date: 20 April 2026
Application expires: 24 May 2026

Planning decision

Case officer: Roz Richardson
Statutory period: 55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14798129
Documents: 6

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Green belt: St Albans
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: St Albans

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