Planning application
5A Kirkdale Road Harpenden Hertfordshire Al5 2Pt
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
The tree is a Scots Pine tree at the very back left of my back garden. A tree surgeon advised the branches are dividing and splitting dangerously and the damage suggests the tree is unwell. He advised significant limb shortening, cutting back damaged limb
As published by the council, reference TP/2020/0827
Application record
- Reference
- TP/2020/0827
- Type
- Tree works in conservation area
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Tree Works in Conservation Area - Deemed Consent
- Received
- 21 Dec 2020
- Validated
- 24 Dec 2020
- Decided
- 4 Feb 2021
- Ward
- Harpenden West
- Postcode
- AL5 2PT
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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21 Dec 2020
Received by St Albans
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24 Dec 2020
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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4 Feb 2021
Decision issued: Tree Works in Conservation Area - Deemed Consent
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25 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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 a grant of permission means
The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
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.
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