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Forge Cottage Childwick Green Childwickbury St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 6Jj

TP/2026/0183Tree works in conservation areaApproved

Approved on 28 May 2026

Council decision: Tree Works in Conservation Area - Deemed Consent

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

Proposal

In the rear garden of Forge Cottage. I believe this tree is a Prunus. My client would like this tree completely removed, leaving the stump in situe. They have advised me that it looks very sparse when it should be in full leaf and fungus has shown at cert

Received
16 April 2026
Ward
Redbourn
  1. Received16 Apr
  2. Validated17 Apr
  3. Consult.8 May
  4. Target8 May
  5. Decided28 May

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Forge Cottage Childwick Green Childwickbury St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 6Jj. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the Childwickbury conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 132 applications across Redbourn. We hold 2,254 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 6JJ
Application type
Tree works in conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
St Michael

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 April 2026
Consultation expiry
8 May 2026
Consultation end
8 May 2026
Target decision date
8 May 2026
Application expires
28 May 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
David Dearsly
Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14862606
Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Childwickbury
  • Listed building: Grade II: 6-9, Harpenden RoadOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Childwick Green
  • Green belt: St Albans
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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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