Planning application
24 Palace Gardens Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5AD
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Fell no.2 elm trees.
As published by the council, reference 26/01481/5DN
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01481/5DN
- Type
- 5 Day Works to Trees notice
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 8 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 8 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Royston Heath Ward
- Parish
- Royston Town Council
- Postcode
- SG8 5AD
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Jun 2026
Received by North Hertfordshire
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 3 August 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
North Hertfordshire took a median of 51 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
3 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
The process from here
This application is with North Hertfordshire for determination. The council publicises it, consults neighbours and technical bodies where required, and weighs the responses against local and national planning policy.
The statutory target is eight weeks for most applications and thirteen for major development, though extensions of time are common. Comments carry most weight while the case is undecided, so check the council portal for the deadline if you want to respond.
About trees applications
How this application type works
Tree applications cover work to protected trees: those under a tree preservation order need consent for pruning or felling, and trees in a conservation area need six weeks written notice before work starts. The council assesses the amenity value of the tree and can refuse consent, approve it with conditions, or in conservation areas make a preservation order in response.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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11 Palace Gardens Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5AD
Sycamore - Crown reduce by 4-6m
Granted Trees 4 docs -
34c Kneesworth Street Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5AB
Lime - Crown lift and overall reduction by 30%
Granted Trees 5 docs -
Tannery Drift School Tannery Drift Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5DE
99% historically approved · decision due ~12 May
Details reserved by condition 3 (Community Use Agreement) of planning permission reference no 24/00155/FP granted 19.03.2024
Awaiting decision Conditions 3 docs -
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9 Palace Gardens Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5AD
T1, T2: Lime - Re-Pollard back to previous pollard points.
Granted Trees 4 docs -
19 Baldock Street Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5AY
T1: Horse Chestnut - Reduce by 4-5m to balance crown. T2: Sycamore - Reduce unbalanced lateral branch growing over garden by 3m to nearest suitable growth point. Remove major deadwood. T3: Sycamore - Remove major deadwood
Granted Trees 4 docs
Other trees applications
In North Hertfordshire
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26/02225/TCA Awaiting decision
45 Stockens Green Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6DQ
T1: Silver Birch - Reduce crown by around 30% (around 2-3m) to bring back into proportion and reduce wind and stress loading on the main stem connection.
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26/02226/TCA Awaiting decision
The Old Vicarage Willian Road Willian Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 2AE
T1: Ash, T2: Oak - Reduction of the crown by 25%.
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26/02240/TCA Awaiting decision
Gregans House 34 Bedford Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1HF
T1 ,T2: Ash - To raise and reduce canopy and all heavy loading branches to a minimum clearance of 3m from ground level
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26/02220/TPO Awaiting decision
Benslow Music Trust Little Benslow Hills Ibberson Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9RB
T6: Horse Chestnut, T7: Fir, T8, T9: Hornbeam - Crown lift over car park to a height of 6m cutting back to the nearest suitable growth point or remove whole branch if theres is no growth point to avoid leaving stumps.
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26/02222/TCA Awaiting decision
All Saints Church Willian Church Road Willian Hertfordshire SG6 2AF
T2: Medlar - Chop out ground suckers and remove epicormic shoots and shape. T4: Rowan - Remove deadwood. T5: Scots Pine - Deadwooding, removal of damaged crossing branches. T6: Yew - Trim and tidy bole and lower canopy. T7, T11, T12: Sycamore - Remove. T8: Box - Fell. T10: Sycamore - Raise crown a little to ease access to memorial stones. T13: Thorn - Tidy and shape. T14: Holly. Remove dead wood, clean up stems and lower canopy