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Bayley House Sish Lane Stevenage Herts

23/00895/TPCAApp. for Works to a Tree (CA)Approved

Approved on 29 December 2023

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

3 metre crown reduction to Tree 1, 3 metre crown lift to Tree 2, reduce back 2 metres to G1, reduce back to wall 2 metres to G2

Received
24 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Old Town
  1. Received24 Nov
  2. Validated24 Nov
  3. Consult.18 Dec
  4. Target5 Jan
  5. Decided29 Dec

Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Bayley House Sish Lane Stevenage Herts. 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 Old Town High Street conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Old Town.

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

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

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 November 2023
Consultation expiry
27 December 2023
Consultation start
27 November 2023
Consultation end
18 December 2023
Neighbour consultation start
27 November 2023
Neighbour consultation end
18 December 2023
Last date for comments
27 December 2023
Target decision date
5 January 2024
Permission expires
29 December 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
AJB Tree Care Ltd 45 High Street Tetsworth Thame Oxon OX9 7AD

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice start
4 December 2023
Site notice end
27 December 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12628571
Documents
6
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 Area
  • Article 4 direction: Stevenage
  • 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

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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