18 Fishpool Street St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Rt
Approved on 19 June 2026
Council decision: Tree Works in Conservation Area - Deemed Consent
Proposal
T1 Holm Oak - back of property *Crown reduction by removing 1.5 - 2.0 to metres growth in height and spread pruning back to suitable growth points where possible and to leave a balanced crown. * Reduce live branches as needed * Remove all debris Client re
- Received
- 27 April 2026
- Ward
- Verulam
- ReceivedReceived27 Apr
- ValidatedValidated30 Apr
- Consult.Consultation21 May
- TargetTarget Date21 May
- DecidedDecided19 Jun
Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 18 Fishpool Street St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Rt. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the St Albans conservation area, with 20 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 4RT
- Application type
- Tree works in conservation area
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 April 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 21 May 2026
- Consultation end
- 21 May 2026
- Target decision date
- 21 May 2026
- Application expires
- 10 June 2026
Planning decision
- Case officer
- David Dearsly
- Statutory period
- 41 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14888992
- Documents
- 2
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
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, 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.
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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.
© 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202628 Oct
Holm Oak at rear to reduce by approx 6m back to origanal pollard/reduction point Approx 7m from ground and…
PendingApplication26/0534/TCA - 202512 Dec
Discharge of Condition 3 (full schedule of works) of Listed Building consent 5/2023/1843
ApprovedDischarge of conditions5/2025/2269 - No date
Discharge of Condition 4 (written scheme of investigation) of planning permission 5/2023/1787
ApprovedDischarge of conditions5/2025/2091
Source: St Albans
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