Planning application
White Cottage Chapel Lane Bendish Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8JH
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
1 x Sycamore to remove to ground level
As published by the council, reference 26/02582/TCA
Application record
- Reference
- 26/02582/TCA
- Category
- Trees
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 9 Oct 2026
- Validated
- 9 Oct 2026
- Postcode
- SG4 8JH
Site history
Applications at this address on the North Hertfordshire register
This site has had 2 applications since 2021: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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21/01841/LDCP Granted
White Cottage Chapel Lane Bendish Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8JH
Conversion of existing detached garage to home office.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Oct 2026
Received by North Hertfordshire
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12 Oct 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 4 December 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 48 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
What happens while it is decided
This application is with North Hertfordshire for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year North Hertfordshire decided tree works applications in a median of 31 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About tree works applications
Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.
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Within 0.3 miles
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Awaiting decision Trees -
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T1: Laburnum - Remove.
Granted Trees -
Willow Corner Law Hall Lane Bendish Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8JH
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Granted Trees 5 docs -
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Replace softwood single-glazed windows with sapele hardwood double-glazing to 4no. front dormer windows (works not previously included in Listed Building Consent 21/02304/LBC granted on 06.01.2022).
Granted Heritage and listed buildings Loft or dormer Windows or glazing 21 docs -
The Old Bakery Law Hall Lane Bendish Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8JH
T1 Weeping Willow - Remove. T2 Weeping Willow - Reduce crown by 3.0m - 4.0m balancing crown. TG1 Cypress and Ash - Remove
Granted Trees 8 docs -
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Other tree works applications
In North Hertfordshire
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26/02709/TPO Awaiting decision
22 Talbot Street Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2QU
T3: Lime - Removal of major deadwood and epicormic growth ar base
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26/02706/TCA Awaiting decision
Studlands High Street Barley Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8HT
T1- T4: Yew - Reduce by 20-30. T5: Laurel - Reduce by 20-25%. T6: Walnut, T7: Box Elder - Reduce by 30-40%. T8, T9: Cherry - Tidy and reduce by 20-25%. T10: Lime - Reduce by 30-40%.
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26/02705/TCA Awaiting decision
9 Walsworth Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9SP
2x Sycamore, 2x Conifers - Fell, process and remove.
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26/02702/TCA Awaiting decision
24 Wymondley Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9PN
T003: Robinia - Crown lift to 5m west and north west, secondary limbs only. T004: Robinia - Remove 1 limb. T005: Holly - Crown lift on west side. T006: Hawthorn - Remove.
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26/02249/TPO Decided
Caldicott Court Harrison Close Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9SL
T1: Common Walnut - Crown reduction 30%. T3: Beech - Cut back to boundary. T4: Pine - Cut back to boundary.