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109 Hillcroft Crescent Oxhey Hall Watford Hertfordshire WD19 4PA

Granted Three Rivers 23/1149/TCA Works to trees in a conservation area

Works: Trees

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Tree Number - T1 Tree Type - Ash (Fraxinus Excelsior) Approx. Diameter at 1.5m - 52cm Approx. Height - 18m Approx. Crown Spread Diameter - 10m Location - Rear garden, bottom right corner Service - Crown Reduction Work Required - Reduce height by up to (3-4m) and lateral spread on all sides by up to (2-3m), Remove deadwood over 40mm in diameter and or 1m in length, remove failed limb from neighbouring garden Reason - To, reduce weight on heavy limbs, and help retain the tree's natural shape Tree Number - T2 Tree Type - Ash (Fraxinus Excelsior) Approx. Diameter at 1.5m - 48cm Approx. Height - 18m Approx. Crown Spread Diameter - 10m Location - Rear garden, bottom right corner Service - Crown Reduction Work Required - Reduce height by up to (2-3m) and lateral spread on all sides by up to (2-3m), Remove deadwood over 40mm in diameter and or 1m in length Reason - To, reduce weight on heavy limbs, and help retain the tree's natural shape.

As published by the council, reference 23/1149/TCA

Application record

Reference
23/1149/TCA
Type
Works to trees in a conservation area
Status
Awaiting decision
Decision
Granted As published: Consent given on work to Tree apps
Received
10 Jul 2023
Validated
10 Jul 2023
Decided
11 Oct 2023
Ward
Oxhey Hall And Hayling
Parish
Watford Rural Parish Council
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
WD19 4PA

Site history

Applications at this address on the Three Rivers register

This site has had 4 applications since 2020: 4 approved, 0 refused.

  • 25/1354/TPO Granted

    109 Hillcroft Crescent Oxhey Hall Watford Hertfordshire WD19 4PA

    Tree Number - T1 Tree Type - Grey poplar (Populus x canescens) Approx. Diameter at 1.5m - 0.6m Approx. Height - 18m Approx. Crown Spread Diameter - 12m Location - Rear of No.109 Right hand boundary Service - Crown Reduction Work Required - Reduce height by up to 3m and lateral spread on all sides by up to 3m, to finished crown dimensions of 15m height and 6m lateral spread Remove all deadwood over 40mm in diameter and/or 1m in length. Reason - To reduce weight and size of heavy limbs and help retain the tree's natural shape. Priority Code - ON

    Decided 15 Sep 2025 Trees
  • 24/0272/CLPD Granted

    109 Hillcroft Crescent Oxhey Hall Watford Hertfordshire WD19 4PA

    Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed Development: Installation of solar panels to the existing dwelling

    Decided 4 Apr 2024 Lawful development
  • 20/2121/CLPD Granted

    109 Hillcroft Crescent Oxhey Hall Watford Hertfordshire WD19 4PA

    Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed Development: Construction of detached outbuilding

    Decided 30 Nov 2020 Lawful development

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 10 Jul 2023

    Received by Three Rivers

  2. 11 Oct 2023

    Decision issued: Consent given on work to Tree apps

  3. 19 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

7 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Three Rivers granted permission on 11 October 2023, 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.

Nearby applications

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  • 109 Hillcroft Crescent Oxhey Hall Watford Hertfordshire WD19 4PA

    25/1354/TPO Submitted 11 Aug 2025 50 yards away

    Tree Number - T1 Tree Type - Grey poplar (Populus x canescens) Approx. Diameter at 1.5m - 0.6m Approx. Height - 18m Approx. Crown Spread Diameter - 12m Location - Rear of No.109 Right hand boundary Service - Crown Reduction Work Required - Reduce height by up to 3m and lateral spread on all sides by up to 3m, to finished crown dimensions of 15m height and 6m lateral spread Remove all deadwood over 40mm in diameter and/or 1m in length. Reason - To reduce weight and size of heavy limbs and help retain the tree's natural shape. Priority Code - ON

    Granted Trees 5 docs

  • 141 Hillcroft Crescent Oxhey Hall Hertfordshire WD19 4PA

    22/1361/TCA Submitted 18 Jul 2022 50 yards away

    To remove the Silver Birch nearest the road as it is oddly shaped having no vertical leader with one of it limbs leaning over the neighbour's driveway The other Silver Birch is dead and will be removed asap and is not part of this application.

    Granted Trees 6 docs

  • 145 Hillcroft Crescent Oxhey Hall WD19 4PA

    21/1227/TCA Submitted 11 May 2021 50 yards away

    T1 - Fir (Picea sp.) - Rear garden, Left hand boundary Approx Height - 4m Work required- Fell and grind out stump to a minimum of 250mm below the stumps current ground level and leave all stump's arising to allow for ground settlement Reason - As per customers wishes, to allow replanting T2 - Apple (Malus domestica) - Rear garden, Right hand boundary Approx Height - 7m Approx Crown Spread Diameter - 5m Work required- Reduce crown all round by upto 1.5m, pruning to suitable growth points/branch fork junctions. Reason - As part of regular cyclical maintenance, to form a more compact crown

    Granted Trees 5 docs

  • 107 Hillcroft Crescent Oxhey Hall Hertfordshire WD19 4PA

    22/2269/TCA Submitted 6 Dec 2022 50 yards away

    T1 & T2 - Apple x 2 - reduce height by 2.5m and 2m in spread - crown clean to include removing dead wood > 300mm in length and 20mm in diameter and any obviously compromised branches Reasons: the trees have not been pruned for many years and are now significantly outgrown for this restricted garden.

    Granted Trees 3 docs

  • 123 Hillcroft Crescent Oxhey Hall Watford Hertfordshire WD19 4PA

    26/1211/TPO Submitted 28 Jul 2026 50 yards away

    Ground works and associated root pruning/ severance of T3 & T4 (Oak) to facilitate installation of a root barrier 18m in length and 3.5m in depth.

    Granted Trees

  • 121 Hillcroft Crescent Oxhey Hall Watford Hertfordshire WD19 4PA

    20/1797/FUL Submitted 1 Sep 2020 50 yards away

    Demolition of existing conservatory and construction of single storey rear extension

    Granted Full applications Extension Demolition 19 docs
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    Received 22 Oct, published by the council 23 Oct 2026 Trees
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    T1 - Scots pine x 1 - reduce crown by tip-thinning the lateral branches by around 1m to reduce overall density and shading to the garden area. As part of the works significant sized deadwood will be removed.

    Received 19 Oct, published by the council 22 Oct 2026 Trees
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    Received 15 Oct, published by the council 23 Oct 2026 Trees
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    29 Hill Rise Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 7NY

    Tree Number - T1 Tree Type - Copper beech (Fagus sylvatica) Approx. Diameter at 1.5m - 0.6m Approx. Height - 23m Approx. Crown Spread Diameter - 16 Service - Crown Reduction Work Required - Reduce lateral spread of the upper crown by up to 2m and the middle to lower crown by up to 3m, neighbors side only (no.27) Reason - As per clients wishes / to reduce encroachment Tree Number - T5 Tree Type - Silver birch (Betula pendula) Approx. Diameter at 1.5m - 0.4m Approx. Height - 14m Approx. Crown Spread Diameter - 13m Service - Crown Reduction Work Required - Reduce the lateral spread of the 2 over extended lateral limbs in the lower crown to the south and east by removing up to 3m Reason - As per clients wishes / to reduce encroachment over neighbors gardens

    Received 14 Oct, published by the council 16 Oct 2026 Trees