St Leonards Church High Street Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire Data via plota.co.uk

25/03009/TCA - Works to Tree(s) in Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

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Application progress

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Received
10 Dec 2025
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Approved
12 Dec 2025

Approved on 12 Dec 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Oct 2026

Documents 3

Plans & drawings 1

IMG Location map Location Plan · 9 Dec 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Applicationformredacted Application Form Redacted · 9 Dec 2025 View ↗

Other documents 1

IMG Photos Photos Online · 9 Dec 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 9

Grade I listed: Church of St Leonard
List entry 1172799 · 2 m away · 24 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade II*, 23 Grade II)
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 ↗
Green belt: London
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Flamsted 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.
Public footpath 17 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Also on the record
Heritage at risk 1 m away: Church of St Leonard, High Street; Radon affected area, class 2; National landscape 264 m away: Chilterns; Inside the Flamstead built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

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.

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Important details

Council
Dacorum
Application type
Works to Tree(s) in Conservation Area
Postcode
AL3 8BS
Received
10 Dec 2025
Validated
10 Dec 2025
Ward
Watling
Parish
Flamstead Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Decision
Raise No Objection
Decision date
12 Dec 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
St Leonard Church

How this decision compares

Decided in 2 days from validation, 10 days faster than Dacorum's median of 12 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

97%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
243decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 6 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14551185
Planning Portal ref
PP-14551185
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2025 Approved
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Construction of wooden storage shed for Preschool use.
25/01411/FUL
2024 Refused
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Alterations to detached garage.
24/01710/RET
2024 Approved
16 Trowley Hill Road Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8EE
Proposed external and internal alterations
24/00108/LBC
2024 Approved
16 Trowley Hill Road Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8EE
Proposed external and internal alterations
24/00107/FHA
2023 Refused
6 Trowley Hill Road Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8EE
Replacement windows.
23/02532/LBC
2023 Refused
6 Trowley Hill Road Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8EE
Replacement windows.
23/02532/LBC
2023 Withdrawn
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2023 Withdrawn
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Proposed two storey rear extension and replacement outuilding
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2023 Withdrawn
15 High Street Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8BT
Proposed two storey rear extension and replacement outuilding
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2023 Withdrawn
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Proposed two storey rear extension and replacement outuilding
23/01120/FHA
2023 Approved
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2023 Approved
The Village Hall Church Road Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8BN
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2023 Approved
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Proposed replacement garden shed
23/00007/FHA
2023 Approved
13 High Street Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8BT
Proposed replacement garden shed
23/00007/FHA
2022 Approved
St.Leonard's Cottage 16 Trowley Hill Road Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8EE
Construction of storage shed to rear of existing dwelling.
23/00026/LBC
2022 Approved
St.Leonard's Cottage 16 Trowley Hill Road Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8EE
Construction of storage shed to rear of existing dwelling.
23/00026/LBC
2022 Approved
St.Leonard's Cottage 16 Trowley Hill Road Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8EE
Construction of storage shed to rear of existing dwelling.
22/03695/FHA
2022 Approved
St.Leonard's Cottage 16 Trowley Hill Road Flamstead St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 8EE
Construction of storage shed to rear of existing dwelling.
22/03695/FHA
2023
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Proposed replacement garden shed
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2016 Approved
17 High Street Flamstead St Albans AL3 8BX
Replacement detached garage, hardstanding and new boundary wall
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2016 Approved
15 High Street Flamstead St Albans AL3 8BT
Works to trees
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2016 Approved
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Dacorum
Planning Authority Score
7.3/10
Good
#51 of 296 councils
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Dacorum is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #50 out of 296. Only 22% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) than the national average (90%).

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Dacorum decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #150 of 296
91%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #171 of 296
78%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #50 of 296
22%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #22 of 296
76%
Minor dwellings approved
127 decided (1-9 homes)
79%
Major dwellings approved
14 decided (10+ homes)
71%
Change of use approved
21 decided
1,130
Total decisions
132 refused in the year to March 2026
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