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5 Essex Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3FA

26/00008/TPTPOApp. for Works to a Tree (TPO)Approved

Approved on 5 March 2026

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

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Reduction of 1no. Blue Atlantic Cedar (T1) protected by Tree Preservation Order 120

Received
8 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Woodfield
  1. Received8 Jan
  2. Validated8 Jan
  3. Consult.30 Jan
  4. Target5 Mar
  5. Decided5 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 5 Essex Close Stevenage Herts SG1 3FA. Stevenage has handled 93 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Stevenage's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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 3FA
Application type
App. for Works to a Tree (TPO)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
To Follow

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 January 2026
Consultation expiry
30 January 2026
Consultation start
9 January 2026
Consultation end
30 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
9 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
30 January 2026
Last date for comments
30 January 2026
Target decision date
5 March 2026
Permission expires
5 March 2029

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Ace Of Trees Ltd 18 The Noke Stevenage Stevenage Hertfordshire SG2 8LJ

Planning decision

Case officer
Aliya Muskaan Khalil
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14607056
Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Stevenage
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 120Protected tree on or next to this site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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