Planning application
40 High Street Ashwell Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5NW
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
T2. Plum - Fell to ground level.
As published by the council, reference 26/02741/TCA
Application record
- Reference
- 26/02741/TCA
- Category
- Trees
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 26 Oct 2026
- Validated
- 26 Oct 2026
- Ward
- Arbury Ward
- Parish
- Ashwell Parish Council
- Postcode
- SG7 5NW
Comment by 18 November 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to North Hertfordshire through their own planning portal.
Site history
Applications at this address on the North Hertfordshire register
This site has had 4 applications since 2021: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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26/00754/TCA Granted
40 High Street Ashwell Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5NW
T1: Prunus - Prune growth back to original. T2: Gingko - Fell. T3: Apple - Remove bough overhanging neighbours garden.
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21/01835/FPH Granted
40 High Street Ashwell Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5NW
Re-render gable and chimney
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21/01836/LBC Granted
40 High Street Ashwell Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5NW
Remove cement render to chimney stack and gable end; remove paint finishes to brick; replace defective bricks; remove masonry parapet; repoint as required; remove flaunching and brick to chimney top and repair creasing tiles; install lead drip and reinstate brick and flaunching to chimney top; re-render gable and chimney; redecorate brickwork and exterior joinery.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 Oct 2026
Received by North Hertfordshire
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26 Oct 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 21 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.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
The Blue Tree Company Agent, a tree-works contractor
79 applications on PlanIndex · across 8 councils · 100% granted
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See their track recordWhat 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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