Old Bridle Lodge Grove Road St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 1DQ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
2 Ash trees on right hand side of property bordering public footpath, situated very close to fence and approx 2m from right side of property To section fell and poison stumps Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 6 Nov 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 12 Oct 2026
Site constraints 8
Checked on 2 November 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 2
Last sold for £1,800,000 in August 2015. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
How this decision compares
Decided in 48 days from validation, 5 days slower 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
- 317262PLN
- Planning Portal ref
- 14339711
- Comments by
- 3 Oct 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 30 Oct 2025
Historical activity at this location
34 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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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.
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