Planning application
Endways Chess Close Loudwater WD3 4HT
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
T1 Tree type - Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) 20m+- rear garden right hand boundary Crown reduce below previous points by removing approximately 3-4m Reason - to reduce windloading due to expected extensive internal decay up main stem due to multiple fugal fruiting bodies believed to be Inonotus hispidus present up main stem.
As published by the council, reference 20/2281/TPO
Application record
- Reference
- 20/2281/TPO
- Type
- Works to trees covered by a Tree Pres O
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Decision
- Consent given on work to Tree apps
- Received
- 28 Oct 2020
- Validated
- 28 Oct 2020
- Decided
- 3 Dec 2020
- Ward
- Chorleywood North And Sarratt
- Parish
- Non-Parished
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- WD3 4HT
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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28 Oct 2020
Received by Three Rivers
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3 Dec 2020
Decision issued: Consent given on work to Tree apps
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8 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
10 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Three Rivers granted permission on 3 December 2020, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About tree works applications
Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.
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