1 Blackthorn Close St Albans Hertfordshire AL4 9RP Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Beech - crown reduce 4 metres,crown raise over the road and garden sides to provide approximately 5 metres of clearance - see application for full details Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Treeworks part approved on 4 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 5 Oct 2026
Site constraints 2
Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 2
Last sold for £625,000 in July 2012. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in December 2011, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- 322881PLN
- Planning Portal ref
- 15092372
- Comments by
- 11 Aug 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 14 Sept 2026
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
St Albans is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #285 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 64% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (88%) than the national average (90%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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