17A Welclose Street St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 4QD Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Arizona Cypress - 30% reduction in height and deadwood removal to lower risk of snapping out. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 2 Dec 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 11 Oct 2026
Site constraints 8
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- 6 m9-17, Welclose StreetGrade II
- 8 m19 and 21, Welclose StreetGrade II
- 14 mRailings to Number 19 and 21Grade II
- 47 mRomeland HouseGrade II*
- 52 m1-7, Welclose StreetGrade II
- 54 mWar Memorial Plaque attached to 35 Lower Dagnall StreetGrade II
- 59 m40 and 42, Lower Dagnall StreetGrade II
- 70 m2 and 4, Fishpool StreetGrade II
- 82 m8a, Fishpool StreetGrade II
- 85 mHolmhurstGrade II
- 95 m1 and 3, Fishpool StreetGrade II
- 102 m3-5, Romeland HillGrade II
- 103 m5, Fishpool StreetGrade II
- 105 mNorth Block St Albans SchoolGrade II
- 106 m18, Fishpool StreetGrade II
- 109 m19, Spicer StreetGrade II
- 112 mRanshaws AlmshousesGrade II
- 114 mAbbey LodgeGrade II
- 122 m20, Fishpool StreetGrade II
- 122 m7a, Fishpool StreetGrade II
- 122 mTankerfield HouseGrade II
- 125 mGates and Railings to Congreational ChurchGrade II
- 126 mThe Abbey National Boys' SchoolGrade II
- 127 mCongregational ChapelGrade II
- 130 mSt Albans School Hall BlockGrade II
- 135 m27 and 27a, College StreetGrade II
- 136 mOutbuilding at the Rear of Number 28Grade II
- 140 m26, Fishpool StreetGrade II
- 141 m18, Lower Dagnall StreetGrade II
- 141 m18-20, George StreetGrade II
- 143 m11, Fishpool StreetGrade II
- 143 m21-25, College StreetGrade II
- 146 m16, Lower Dagnall StreetGrade II
- 147 m28, Fishpool StreetGrade II
- 147 mLinking Building Between Gatehouse and School House Block, at St Albans SchoolGrade II
- 149 m13 and 15, Lower Dagnall StreetGrade II
- 149 m16, George StreetGrade II
- 150 mThe Abbey GateGrade I
- 150 m10-14, Lower Dagnall StreetGrade II
Show all 2 trees with distances
- 9 morder TPO0052
- 12 morder TPO0052
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.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £1,250,000 in March 2011. 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 March 2010, 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
How this decision compares
Decided in 43 days from validation, about the council's usual 43 days. 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
- 317941PLN
- Planning Portal ref
- 14414920
- Comments by
- 10 Nov 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 30 Nov 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.
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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