13 Hill Street St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 4QS Data via plota.co.uk

TP/2025/0585 - TCA Approved

Proposal

Drive T1 Laurel - Reduction by 2m approx and shape retaining low level stems over the drive T2 Yew - Crown reduction by 2m approx T3 Hazel - Fell T4 Hazel (adjacent to the garage) - Reduction down to primary cuts Front Garden T5 Holly (adjacent to the gar… Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
6 Nov 2025
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Approved
11 Dec 2025

Approved on 11 Dec 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 9 Oct 2026

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Site constraints 6

8 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Outbuiling to Number 19, Grade II, the postcode pin is inside its outline · 8 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
St Albans - Verulam Road conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Article 4 direction
Verulam and Fishpool Street. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; Inside the St Albans built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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.

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Important details

Council
St Albans
Application type
TCA
Postcode
AL3 4QS
Received
6 Nov 2025
Validated
6 Nov 2025
Ward
Verulam
Target decision
27 Nov 2025
Decision date
11 Dec 2025
Decision level
Delegated

How this decision compares

Decided in 35 days from validation, 8 days faster than St Albans's median of 43 for tree works. Approved, as 99% of tree works here are.

94%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
657decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree works decided by St Albans in the last twelve months, from validation. St Albans decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
318295PLN
Planning Portal ref
14467591
Comments by
27 Nov 2025
Statutory expiry
17 Dec 2025

Historical activity at this location

32 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Approved
Rear garden Ash tree with 2 trunks approx 6m high - risk to adjoining boundary wall inclu…
TP/2024/0242
2023 Approved
Front garden: Hawthorn - reduce height by third and shape sides. Yew hedge - Reduce by 1…
TP/2023/0507
2023 Approved
Front garden: Hawthorn - reduce height by third and shape sides. Yew hedge - Reduce by 1…
TP/2023/0507
2022 Approved
Ash A - Remove 2 of 4 existing trunks. Ash B - Remove dead tree. Holly x 2 - Remove 2 sel…
TP/2022/0429
2022 Approved
Ash A - Remove 2 of 4 existing trunks. Ash B - Remove dead tree. Holly x 2 - Remove 2 sel…
TP/2022/0429
2016 Approved
Replacement garden shed
5/2016/2406
2016 Approved
Replacement garden shed
5/2016/2406
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2025 Approved
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15 Hill Street St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Qs
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TP/2025/0521
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15 Hill Street St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Qs
Yew screen, plus various bits of Rowan, Laurel, Holly and hazel, which are overhanging in…
TP/2025/0521
2025 Approved
11 Mount Pleasant St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Qh
Ash Tree no 1. To re pollard as previously. It has grown unevenly and is leaning down the…
TP/2025/0482
2025 Approved
11 Mount Pleasant St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Qh
Ash Tree no 1. To re pollard as previously. It has grown unevenly and is leaning down the…
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2025
9 Portland Street St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Ra
Two storey rear extension partially over existing ground floor extension and new pitched…
5/2025/1987
2025
9 Portland Street St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Ra
Two storey rear extension partially over existing ground floor extension and new pitched…
5/2025/1987
2025 Approved
4 Mount Pleasant St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Qj
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2025 Approved
4 Mount Pleasant St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Qj
T1 - Black Pine - Reduce by 1 metre all over as the tree is becoming too large for its lo…
TP/2025/0446
2025 Approved
4 Mount Pleasant St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Qj
Black metal pergola over driveway
5/2025/1576
2025 Approved
4 Mount Pleasant St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Qj
Black metal pergola over driveway
5/2025/1576
2025 Approved
1 Mount Pleasant St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Qh
Replacement front boundary wall following demolition of the existing front boundary wall
5/2025/1417
2025 Approved
1 Mount Pleasant St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Qh
Replacement front boundary wall following demolition of the existing front boundary wall
5/2025/1417
2025 Refused
23 Mount Pleasant St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Qu
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5/2025/1393
2025 Refused
23 Mount Pleasant St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Qu
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5/2025/1393
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5/2025/0435
2025 Approved
21 Hill Street St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Qs
Replace front door and paint front side door to match, new front door identical dimension…
5/2025/0435
2024 Refused
23 Mount Pleasant St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Qu
Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans), Conditions 3 (materials), 10 (soft and hard la…
5/2024/1424
2025 Approved
27 Hill Street St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Qs
Reduce the Silver Birch in the rear garden by approximately 30%. This will be below the h…
TP/2025/0153
2016 Refused
1 Mount Pleasant St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Qh
Demolition of bungalow and construction of one detached dwelling and five town houses wit…
5/2016/3494
2017 Withdrawn
8 Hill Street St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Qt
Replacement windows
5/2017/1045
2017 Approved
50 Hill Street St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Qt
Single storey side extension, insertion of rooflights and alterations to openings
5/2017/0918
2017 Withdrawn
7 Hill Street St Albans Hertfordshire Al3 4Qs
Single storey garden room -retrospective (resubmission following withdrawal of 5/2015/286…
5/2017/0083
2017 Approved
19 Hill Street St Albans Al3 4Qs
Five Day Notice. Fell Weeping Ash and Conifer tree, both with significant decay.
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St Albans
Planning Authority Score
1.1/10
Poor
#290 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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%).

Among the slowest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
St Albans decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
87%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #180 of 296
88%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #226 of 296
29%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #285 of 296
64%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #278 of 296
74%
Minor dwellings approved
130 decided (1-9 homes)
61%
Major dwellings approved
18 decided (10+ homes)
77%
Change of use approved
26 decided
1,411
Total decisions
184 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings