Medbury Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BY
Approved on 6 June 2025
Council decision: Works to Tree(s) in a Conservation AreaDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
1 x Sycamore tree fell to ground level. 3 x Sycamore trees reduce by 50%
- Received
- 2 May 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Stevenage Borough Council
- Ward
- Woodfield
- ReceivedReceived2 May
- ValidatedValidated2 May
- Consult.Consultation28 May
- TargetTarget Date13 Jun
- DecidedDecided6 Jun
Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at Medbury Rectory Lane Stevenage Herts SG1 4BY. 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 has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Woodfield. 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 4BY
- Application type
- App. for Works to a Tree (CA)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- To Follow
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 May 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 28 May 2025
- Consultation start
- 6 May 2025
- Consultation end
- 28 May 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 6 May 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 28 May 2025
- Last date for comments
- 28 May 2025
- Target decision date
- 13 June 2025
- Permission expires
- 6 June 2028
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent address
- Arborcare Unit N Shangri-La Farm Stevenage Herts SG1 2JE
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Mr Lewis McGann
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: St. Nicholas / Rectory Lane Conservation Area
- Article 4 direction: Stevenage
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
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, 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
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202628 Sep
Crown reduction to 1no. Magnolia (T1) - reducing the height and spread of the tree by up to 1m
Works to Tree(s) in a Conservation AreaApplication26/00716/TPCA - 202611 Mar
Reduction of crown by up to 1.5m on 1no. Magnolia
Works to Tree(s) in a Conservation AreaApp. for Works to a Tree (CA)26/00229/TPCA
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