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5 Hanover Grange Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 3Bd

TP/2026/0367Tree works to TPO trees(s)Approved

Approved on 16 September 2026

Council decision: Treeworks approvalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Hornbeam x 5 reduce back to previous points, Oak Repeat crown reduction reducing back to the previous pruning points. Historically approved under Planning Application TP/2016/0331.

Received
27 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harpenden North & Rural
  1. Received27 Jul
  2. Validated29 Jul
  3. Consult.19 Aug
  4. Target19 Aug
  5. Decided16 Sep

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 5 Hanover Grange Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 3Bd. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 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 97 applications across Harpenden North & Rural. We hold 3,774 applications in total for the AL5 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
AL5 3BD
Application type
Tree works to TPO trees(s)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harpenden Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 July 2026
Consultation expiry
19 August 2026
Consultation end
19 August 2026
Target decision date
19 August 2026
Application expires
22 September 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Roz Richardson
Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15112523
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.

  • 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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