Planning application
149 Valley Road Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 4BR
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Option 2 Tree Number - T1 Tree Type - Horse chestnut Approx. Height - 16m Location - front garden right hand boundary Service - Pollard to approximately 7m Work Required - Pollard to approximately 7m Reason - Tree is in major decline.
As published by the council, reference 23/2169/TPO
Application record
- Reference
- 23/2169/TPO
- Type
- Works to trees covered by a Tree Pres O
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Decision
- Granted As published: Consent given on work to Tree apps
- Received
- 21 Dec 2023
- Validated
- 21 Dec 2023
- Decided
- 12 Feb 2024
- Ward
- Chorleywood North And Sarratt
- Parish
- Chorleywood Parish Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- WD3 4BR
Site history
Applications at this address on the Three Rivers register
This site has had 2 applications since 2022: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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22/0768/TPO Decided
149 Valley Road Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 4BR
T1 - Horse chestnut x 1 - reduce height by around 4m and spread by 2.5m Reasons: outgrowing a restricted location T2 - Beech x 1 - broken branches in crown - crown clean to include removing dead wood > 300mm in length and 20mm in diameter and any obviously compromised branches Reasons: Exempt ??? FYI T3 - Sycamore x 1 - sever ivy at base Reasons: Good arboricultural practive T4 - Sycamore x 1 (small tree) - hollow at base - fell to ground level Reasons: Exempt - FYI T5 - Beech x 1 - bleeding canker at base - N/A T6 - Sycamore x 1 (small tree) - dead - fell to ground level Reasons: Exempt - FYI T7 - Beech x 1 - declining and dying - limited safe useful life expectancy ??? N/A
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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21 Dec 2023
Received by Three Rivers
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12 Feb 2024
Decision issued: Consent given on work to Tree apps
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30 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Three Rivers granted permission on 12 February 2024, 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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