5 The Mews Breadcroft Lane Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 4TF Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
T1: Apple, lift over footway T2: Cypress trunk, remove to height of wall. T3: Apple, remove ivy & prune. T4: Holly, Reduce overhang from Croft Court T5: Cherry, Remove ivy & reduce crown by approx 1-2m. T6: Cypress, Remove stubs & shorten by 1-2m & lift crown to clear building by 2m. T7: Sycamore, Remove ivy & re-pollard T8: Elder, Remove. T9: Ash, multi-stemmed, Remove 1 stem. G1: Pyracantha, reduce by ? G2: Ash & Sycamore group, Remove tree affecting fence at no5. Remove ivy & pollard the remaining group at approx 7m. G3: Climbers, brambles & Elder, clear area adjacent to outbuilding. G4: Sycamore group, remove ivy. Reason - General maintenance to keep trees manageable. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Under consideration
No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 27 Nov 2026, from St Albans's recent tree and landscaping works.
Site constraints 3
Checked on 16 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 3
Last sold for £500,000 in May 2018. Terraced house, leasehold.
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 November 2017, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
Decision outlook
Day 5 of the 56-day target. St Albans usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 43.
Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by St Albans in the last twelve months, from validation. St Albans decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 16 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-15224191
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-15224191
- Statutory expiry
- 26 Nov 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
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.
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.
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