Delaport Coach House Lamer Lane Wheathampstead Hertfordshire AL4 8RQ Data via plota.co.uk

TP/2025/0623 - TCA Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T3 Ash - Reduce back 2 lowest laterals towards the house by 2-3m approx to prevent failure T2 Ash - Remove suspended stem and crown clean G1 Laurel Group - Reduction by 1-2m approx further on stem over drive Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
25 Nov 2025
✓
Validated
26 Nov 2025
✓
Approved
8 Jan 2026
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Appeal dismissed
30 Mar 2026

Approved on 8 Jan 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 9 Oct 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 6

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Home Farmhouse, Grade II, the postcode pin is inside its outline · 2 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. 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.
Show all 2 with distances
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.
Read the government guidance ↗
Gustard Wood 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.
Council document ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

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.

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Important details

Council
St Albans
Application type
TCA
Postcode
AL4 8RQ
Received
25 Nov 2025
Validated
26 Nov 2025
Ward
Sandridge & Wheathampstead
Parish
WHEATHAMPSTEAD
Case officer
Show
Target decision
17 Dec 2025
Decision date
8 Jan 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Appeal
Dismissed · 30 Mar 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6002973 ↗

How this decision compares

Decided in 43 days from validation, about the council's usual 43 days. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.

93%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
545decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
318557PLN
Planning Portal ref
14517116
Comments by
17 Dec 2025
Statutory expiry
6 Jan 2026

Historical activity at this location

33 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Refused
Single storey glazed addition to kitchen on rear elevation
5/2025/0199
2025 Refused
Single storey glazed addition to kitchen on rear elevation
5/2025/0199
2024 Approved
T1 Veteran Oak - Reduce laterals to increase stability & crown clean T2 Ash (Inonotus his…
TP/2024/0613
2023 Approved
5 DAYS' NOTICE - I'm applying on behalf of the owner John Bennett to remove a leaning dan…
TP/2023/0181
2023 Approved
5 DAYS' NOTICE - I'm applying on behalf of the owner John Bennett to remove a leaning dan…
TP/2023/0181
2021 Approved
Part conversion of garage to ancillary living accommodation and alterations to openings…
5/2021/0184
2021 Approved
Part conversion of garage to ancillary living accommodation and alterations to openings…
5/2021/0184
2020 Approved
G1- 4 (unspecified) trees (adjacent to wall) - Fell, due to wall collapsing. T2 Oak - ( s…
TP/2020/0831
2020 Approved
G1- 4 (unspecified) trees (adjacent to wall) - Fell, due to wall collapsing. T2 Oak - ( s…
TP/2020/0831
2020 Approved
Single storey rear sun lounge extension
5/2020/1244
2020 Approved
Single storey rear sun lounge extension
5/2020/1244
2019 Approved
Discharge of Condition 4 (protection of trees) of planning permission 5/2019/2162 dated 2…
5/2019/3032
2019 Approved
Alteration to access arrangements and erection of new gates, piers and railings
5/2019/2162
2019 Approved
Part demolition and rebuild, raising, reconfiguration and replacement of part of existing…
5/2019/1161
2018 Approved
Raising, reconfiguration and replacement of part of existing roof with new dormer windows…
5/2018/1704
2018 Approved
Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Proposed outbuilding for storage of classic cars a…
5/2018/0870
2018 Withdrawn
Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Proposed garage with associated hard standing in t…
5/2018/0332
2017 Approved
Two storey rear extensions, new dormer windows, construction of basement, alterations to…
5/2017/2653
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Refused
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2025 Refused
Crossfields House Lamer Lane Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Rq
Demolition of single storey rear projections and construction of single storey rear exten…
5/2025/1837
2025 Approved
Crossfields House Lamer Lane Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Rq
1 - bay tree. Removal recommended by surveyor due to height, proximity to house foundatio…
TP/2025/0653
2025 Approved
Crossfields House Lamer Lane Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Rq
1 - bay tree. Removal recommended by surveyor due to height, proximity to house foundatio…
TP/2025/0653
2023
Delaport House Lamer Lane Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Rq
Oak (highlighted in Red) - reduce branches of North West side by approximately 3 metres.R…
TP/2023/0426
2023
Delaport House Lamer Lane Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Rq
Oak (highlighted in Red) - reduce branches of North West side by approximately 3 metres.R…
TP/2023/0426
2021 Approved
Delaport House Lamer Lane Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Rq
A large established Beech tree in grounds east of house is suffering from decay within it…
TP/2021/0219
2021 Approved
Delaport House Lamer Lane Wheathampstead Hertfordshire Al4 8Rq
A large established Beech tree in grounds east of house is suffering from decay within it…
TP/2021/0219
2020 Approved
Delaport Coach House Lamer Lane Wheathampstead Al4 8Rq
T1 Pine (at entrance) - Crown clean. G2 2 Pines (slender 95% dead) - Fell. T3 Lawson Cypr…
TP/2020/0302
2020 Approved
Delaport Coach House Lamer Lane Wheathampstead Al4 8Rq
T1 Pine (at entrance) - Crown clean. G2 2 Pines (slender 95% dead) - Fell. T3 Lawson Cypr…
TP/2020/0302
2018 Approved
Delaport House Lamer Lane Wheathampstead Al4 8Rq
Conservation Area. 1 X Pine - Fell. 1 X Hawthorn - Fell.
TP/2018/0019
2018
Delaport House Lamer Lane Wheathampstead Al4 8Rq
Remove Pine (T1) that has lost a number of branches in recent strong winds, is leaning at…
TP/2017/0673
2017 Approved
Delaport Coach House, Lamer Lane Wheathampstead Al4 8Rq
Reduce Pine on frontage by up to 4m. Reduce Oak in rear grounds by up to 3m.
TP/2017/0570
2017 Approved
Delaport House, Lamer Lane Wheathampstead Al4 8Rq
Beech tree with crown damaged by failed lower limb in garden: Reduce crown and heavy lowe…
TP/2017/0426
2017 Refused
Land Adj Crossfields House Delaport Lamer Lane Wheathampstead Hertfordshire
Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) - Temporary use of paddock for dog managing
5/2017/1877
St Albans
Planning Authority Score
1.1/10
Poor
#290 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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%).

Among the slowest councils in England
for householder decisions
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St Albans decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
87%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #180 of 296
88%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #226 of 296
29%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #285 of 296
64%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #278 of 296
74%
Minor dwellings approved
130 decided (1-9 homes)
61%
Major dwellings approved
18 decided (10+ homes)
77%
Change of use approved
26 decided
1,411
Total decisions
184 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings