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Barclay Secondary School Walkern Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RB

23/00400/TPTPOApp. for Works to a Tree (TPO)Approved

Approved on 14 July 2023

Council decision: Consent for Works to Tree(s)Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - Horse Chestnut - Reduce lateral spread by 3m to limb growing over the school grounds protected by TPO 11

Received
24 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Old Town
  1. Received24 May
  2. Validated24 May
  3. Consult.16 Jun
  4. Target19 Jul
  5. Decided14 Jul

Decided in 51 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Barclay Secondary School Walkern Road Stevenage Herts SG1 3RB. Stevenage has handled 93 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Old Town. 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 3RB
Application type
App. for Works to a Tree (TPO)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 May 2023
Consultation expiry
26 June 2023
Consultation start
25 May 2023
Consultation end
16 June 2023
Last date for comments
26 June 2023
Target decision date
19 July 2023
Permission expires
14 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Herts Tree Surgeons Ltd 15A Great Road Hemel Hempstead HP2 5LB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
5 June 2023
Site notice end
26 June 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12185081
Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
3

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 AreaPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Barclay SchoolOn this site · +1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Stevenage
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 11Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2019
    14 May

    Replacement of external doors and sidelights

    ApprovedListed building consent19/00293/LB

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