Orchard House 140 Fishpool Street St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 4RZ Data via plota.co.uk

TP/2025/0513 - TPO Approved

Proposal

Works to various trees, refer to application form Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
30 Sept 2025
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Validated
1 Oct 2025
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Approved
24 Nov 2025

Approved on 24 Nov 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 12 Oct 2026

Site constraints 9

St Albans - Fishpool Street and St Michaels Village 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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
19 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: 142-148, Fishpool Street, Grade II, 18 m away · 2 Grade II*, 17 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.
Show all 19 with distances
Historic England ↗
Scheduled monument 111 m away: Verulamium, site of
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
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
Protected tree 13 m away: order TPO1839; Radon affected area, class 3; Inside the St Albans built-up area; Green belt 46 m away: London.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3

Checked on 2 November 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.

Building

Floor area306 m² (3,294 sq ft)
Energy ratingB (85 out of 100)
PropertyDetached house
Built2016
HeatingBoiler& underfloor, mains gas
WallsAverage thermal transmittance 0.20 W/m²K

From the energy performance certificate lodged in January 2017, 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

Council
St Albans
Application type
TPO
Postcode
AL3 4RZ
Received
30 Sept 2025
Validated
1 Oct 2025
Ward
Verulam
Case officer
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Target decision
22 Oct 2025
Decision
Treeworks approval
Decision date
24 Nov 2025
Decision level
Delegated

How this decision compares

Decided in 54 days from validation, 11 days slower than St Albans's median of 43 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.

93%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
573decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
317440PLN
Planning Portal ref
14372135
Comments by
22 Oct 2025
Statutory expiry
25 Nov 2025
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

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

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.