7 Chestnut Walk Stevenage Herts SG1 4DD
Approved on 8 December 2025
Council decision: Consent for Works to Tree(s)Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Works to trees protected by TPO 85: T4 English Oak reduce by 20%; T5 Horse Chestnut reduce by 50%; T6 Common Lime reduce by 30%.
- Received
- 24 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Stevenage Borough Council
- Ward
- Woodfield
- ReceivedReceived24 Oct
- ValidatedValidated24 Oct
- Consult.Consultation18 Nov
- TargetTarget Date19 Dec
- DecidedDecided8 Dec
Decided in 45 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 45 days, 4 days 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 (TPO)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- To Follow
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 18 November 2025
- Consultation start
- 28 October 2025
- Consultation end
- 18 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 28 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 18 November 2025
- Last date for comments
- 18 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 19 December 2025
- Permission expires
- 8 December 2028
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent address
- Ace Of Trees Ltd 18 The Noke Stevenage Stevenage Herts SG2 8LJ
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Linda Sparrow
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14437772
- Documents
- 5
- Constraints
- 2
Site constraints
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
- 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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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202030 Jul
Conversion of existing flat roof into a Balcony.
ApprovedHouseholder20/00424/FPH - 202012 Mar
Removal of 6no. conifer trees, reduction by 30% on 1no. Ash tree and felling of 1no. Ash tree.
ApprovedApp. for Works to a Tree (CA)20/00150/TPCA - 202012 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)20/00151/TPTPO
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