St Albans School Abbey Gateway St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Hb
Approved on 4 September 2026
Council decision: Tree Works in Conservation Area - Deemed Consent
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Proposal
Various works including fell - see attached report
- Received
- 18 July 2026
- Ward
- Verulam
- ReceivedReceived18 Jul
- ValidatedValidated21 Jul
- Consult.Consultation11 Aug
- TargetTarget Date11 Aug
- DecidedDecided4 Sep
Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at St Albans School Abbey Gateway St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Hb. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the St Albans conservation area, with 17 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 4HB
- Application type
- Tree works in conservation area
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 July 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 11 August 2026
- Consultation end
- 11 August 2026
- Target decision date
- 11 August 2026
- Application expires
- 31 August 2026
Planning decision
- Case officer
- David Dearsly
- Statutory period
- 41 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-15093597
- Documents
- 0
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: St Albans - Abbey Mill LanePart of the site · +4 more
- Article 4 direction: Verulam and Fishpool StreetPart of the site
- Tree Preservation Order: TPO1884Part of the site · +14 more
- Green belt: St AlbansPart of the site
Also checked, none recorded (18)
flood storage areas, 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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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20182 Jan
Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Temporary use of storage containers only. The proposal includes the…
ApprovedCertificate of Lawfulness - (proposed)5/2018/0008 - No date
Installation of photovoltaic cells on to the Sports Centre roof, as well as associated cabling, cable trays…
DC3 Conditional PermissionApplication5/2025/1086
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