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6 Newmarket Court Goldsmith Way St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 5Ln

TP/2026/0167Tree works to TPO trees(s)Approved

Approved on 20 May 2026

Council decision: Treeworks approval

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

Proposal

Horse Chestnut tree (T1 on sketch) Seeking consent to reduvce back to previous reduction points (work last carried out C,Sept 2019) and clean out crown, as in spring/summer months causes excessive shading to main living areas of the house (litchen/ground

Received
1 April 2026
Ward
Batchwood
  1. Received1 Apr
  2. Validated7 Apr
  3. Consult.28 Apr
  4. Target28 Apr
  5. Decided20 May

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 6 Newmarket Court Goldsmith Way St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 5Ln. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 65 applications across Batchwood. 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 5LN
Application type
Tree works to TPO trees(s)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 April 2026
Consultation expiry
28 April 2026
Consultation end
28 April 2026
Target decision date
28 April 2026
Application expires
1 June 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Roz Richardson
Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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