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Thomas Alleyns School High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3BE

21/00877/TPCAApp. for Works to a Tree (CA)Approved

Approved on 21 September 2021

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Crown reduction by up to 4m to previous points. Prune to clear building by approximately 2m and lift to 2.5m 1 no: Field Maple No: 3, Reduce back to edge of tennis courts to viable growth where possible; this will amount to up to 3 metres of growth. Lift crown to 2 m above the top of the building. Remove epicormic growth at base 1No: Sycamore tree No: 52

Received
10 August 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Old Town
  1. Received10 Aug
  2. Validated10 Aug
  3. Consult.2 Sep
  4. Target21 Sep
  5. Decided21 Sep

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Thomas Alleyns School High Street Stevenage Herts SG1 3BE. Stevenage has handled 93 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than Stevenage's typical decision time. The site is in the Old Town High Street conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Old Town. We hold 991 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 3BE
Application type
App. for Works to a Tree (CA)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 August 2021
Consultation expiry
16 September 2021
Consultation start
11 August 2021
Consultation end
2 September 2021
Neighbour consultation start
11 August 2021
Neighbour consultation end
2 September 2021
Last date for comments
16 September 2021
Target decision date
21 September 2021
Permission expires
21 September 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Blue Tree Company 50 Bunyan Road Hitchin SG5 1NN

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice start
25 August 2021
Site notice end
16 September 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10115945
Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Old Town High Street Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: 1, High StreetOn this site · +4 more
  • Article 4 direction: Stevenage
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 61Protected tree on or next to this site · +1 more
  • Scheduled monument: Old malt houses and kiln, High StreetPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, 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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© 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.

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