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7 Chestnut Walk Stevenage Herts SG1 4DD

20/00150/TPCAApp. for Works to a Tree (CA)Approved

Approved on 16 April 2020

Council decision: Works to Tree(s) in a Conservation AreaDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Removal of 6no. conifer trees, reduction by 30% on 1no. Ash tree and felling of 1no. Ash tree.

Received
12 March 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Woodfield
  1. Received12 Mar
  2. Validated12 Mar
  3. Consult.3 Apr
  4. Target23 Apr
  5. Decided16 Apr

Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 7 Chestnut Walk Stevenage Herts SG1 4DD. Stevenage has handled 93 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 2 weeks quicker than Stevenage's typical decision time. The site is in the St Nicholas's and Rectory Lane conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Woodfield. We hold 993 applications in total for the SG1 postcode area.

98% of trees applications at Stevenage Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SG1 4DD
Application type
App. for Works to a Tree (CA)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 March 2020
Consultation expiry
7 April 2020
Consultation start
13 March 2020
Consultation end
3 April 2020
Neighbour consultation start
13 March 2020
Neighbour consultation end
3 April 2020
Last date for comments
8 April 2020
Target decision date
23 April 2020
Decision issued
17 April 2020
Permission expires
17 April 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Macaulay Tree Services 10 Rushbrook Close Ampthill MK45 2XE

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice start
17 March 2020
Site notice end
7 April 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08582377
Comments
0
Documents
14
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: St. Nicholas / Rectory Lane Conservation Area
  • Article 4 direction: Stevenage
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 85Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Rectory Lane and St Nicholas
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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Associated applications

  1. 2020
    12 Mar

    Removal of 6no. conifer trees, reduction by 30% on 1no. Ash tree and felling of 1no. Ash tree.

    This applicationApprovedTrees20/00150/TPCA
  2. 2020
    12 Mar

    Reduction by 30% on 1no. English Oak tree (T4), 1no. Red Horse Chestnut tree (T5) and 1no. Common Lime tree…

    ApprovedApp. for Works to a Tree (TPO)Filed alongside20/00151/TPTPO

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