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Margaret House Residential Home Parsonage Close Abbots Langley Hertfordshire WD5 0BQ

Granted Three Rivers 23/2136/DDD Dead, diseased or dangerous

Works: Trees

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

Proposal

URGENT 5 DAY APPLICATION Please refer to document provide: Margaret House - recommended works. This former residential care home has now come back under the control and management of Hertfordshire County Council and unfortunately since the property has become vacant there have been a number of attempted break-ins and acts of vandalism. Therefore Herts CC are to install a number security cameras that will be monitored remotely. For this to be affective a certain amount of vegetation needs to be cut back/removed so that 360 vision can be gained throughout the site. Not all of Margaret house falls within the conservation area. I have highlighted in yellow (within the recommended works document) the trees that do. Also included within this document is the proposed works to some small hedges/shrubs that are regularly maintained and are under 2 meters in height but still need to be removed to allow full coverage by security cameras. I assume these do not come under Conservation area protection.

As published by the council, reference 23/2136/DDD

Application record

Reference
23/2136/DDD
Type
Dead, diseased or dangerous
Status
Permitted
Decision
Approve
Received
15 Dec 2023
Validated
15 Dec 2023
Decided
22 Dec 2023
Ward
Abbots Langley And Bedmond
Parish
Abbots Langley Parish Council
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
WD5 0BQ

Site history

Applications at this address on the Three Rivers register

This site has had 3 applications since 2023: 3 approved, 0 refused.

  • 25/1170/FUL Granted

    Margaret House Residential Home Parsonage Close Abbots Langley Hertfordshire WD5 0BQ

    Variation of Condition 2 (Plans) pursuant to planning permission 23/1352/FUL to alter footpath alignment

    Decided 26 Feb 2026 Full applications
  • 23/1352/FUL Granted

    Margaret House Residential Home Parsonage Close Abbots Langley Hertfordshire WD5 0BQ

    Demolition of existing care home building and redevelopment of site to provide 27no. residential units, with associated access, parking and landscaping works

    Decided 27 Aug 2024 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 15 Dec 2023

    Received by Three Rivers

  2. 22 Dec 2023

    Decision issued: Approve

  3. 19 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

21 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Three Rivers granted permission on 22 December 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.

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