Hawthorns 1B Orchard Drive Park Street St Albans Hertfordshire AL2 2HQ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Overall Crown reduction to T1 Oak by up to 2-3 meters. Prune back to previous reduction points to maintain a compact crown and to increase light filtration to properties within close proximity. Previously reduced in 2014 & 2021 (application ) Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 15 Dec 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 9 Oct 2026
Associated applications 2
- Overall Crown reduction to T1 Oak by up to 2-3 meters. Prune back to previous reduction points to maintain a compact crown…
Site constraints 3
Checked on 9 October 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.
Sales history 3
Last sold for £805,000 in August 2017. 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 February 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
- TCA
- Postcode
- AL2 2HQ
- Received
- 20 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 20 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Park Street
- Parish
- ST STEPHEN
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 11 Dec 2025
- Decision
- Treeworks approval
- Decision date
- 15 Dec 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated
- Appeal
- Dismissed · 2 Jul 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6005047 ↗
How this decision compares
Decided in 25 days from validation, 18 days faster than St Albans's median of 43 for tree works. Approved, as 99% of tree works here are.
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
- 318487PLN
- Planning Portal ref
- 14505460
- Comments by
- 11 Dec 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 31 Dec 2025
Historical activity at this location
27 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
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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Council archive
Hawthorns 1B Orchard Drive Park Street St Albans Hertfordshire Al2 2Hq
T1 Oak - This tree has been crown reduced before and requires doing again due to the proximity to the surrounding houses. Crown reduction by a maximum of 2m.
- Received
- 16 Nov 2020
- Decided
- 8 Jan 2021
- Outcome
- Approved