1 Olde Swann Court Stevenage Herts SG1 3WB
Approved on 11 May 2026
Council decision: Consent for Works to Tree(s)Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Crown reduction of 4no. hornbeam (T9, T11, T12 and T15) and 1no. sycamore (T10)(Group G1) by 1m past previous reduction points laterally and 2m past previous reduction points in height protected by Tree Preservation Order 61.
- Received
- 17 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Stevenage Borough Council
- Ward
- Old Town
- ReceivedReceived17 Mar
- ValidatedValidated17 Mar
- Consult.Consultation10 Apr
- TargetTarget Date12 May
- DecidedDecided11 May
Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at 1 Olde Swann Court Stevenage Herts SG1 3WB. Stevenage has handled 93 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Stevenage's typical decision time. The site is in the Old Town High Street conservation area. 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 3WB
- Application type
- App. for Works to a Tree (TPO)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- To Follow
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 10 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 18 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 10 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 18 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 10 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 10 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 12 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent address
- AG Treecare Ltd 18 Stevenage Rd Walkern Stevenage SG2 7NN
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Linda Sparrow
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Old Town High Street Conservation Area
- Article 4 direction: Stevenage
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref 61Protected tree on or next to this site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage 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.
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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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Stevenage
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