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Sainsburys Everard Close St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 2Qu

TP/2026/0363Tree works in conservation areaApproved

Approved on 4 September 2026

Council decision: Tree Works in Conservation Area - Deemed Consent

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T2 Sycamore - Team is to remove tree to ground level in order to eliviate risk of tresspassers. There has been many security issues with this Sycamore, people climbing it and getting onto the roof of the building, although it has been heavily reduced befo

Received
22 July 2026
Ward
Sopwell
  1. Received22 Jul
  2. Validated23 Jul
  3. Consult.13 Aug
  4. Target13 Aug
  5. Decided4 Sep

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Sainsburys Everard Close St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 2Qu. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 12 days quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the St Albans conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across Sopwell. We hold 3,222 applications in total for the AL1 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
AL1 2QU
Application type
Tree works in conservation area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 July 2026
Consultation expiry
13 August 2026
Consultation end
13 August 2026
Target decision date
13 August 2026
Application expires
2 September 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
David Dearsly
Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15103796
Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: St Albans - Old Gasworks and the Abbey Line
  • Article 4 direction: St Albans Abbey StationPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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