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20 Hillcroft Crescent Oxhey Hall Watford Hertfordshire WD19 4NY

Granted Three Rivers 24/1376/TCA Works to trees in a conservation area

Works: Trees Small domestic

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

Proposal

Tree Number - T1 Tree Type - Yew (taxus baccatta) Approx. Diameter at 1.5m - 0.1-0.3m Approx. Height - 6m Approx. Crown Spread Diameter - 5m Location - Rear garden Right hand boundary Service - Prune Work Required - remove low limb which is growing over neighbours garden and resting on fence Reason - as per clients wishes, to prevent damage to fence Priority Code - on Tree Number - T2 Tree Type - Smoke bush (Cotinus spp.) Approx. Diameter at 1.5m - below 75mm Approx. Height - 3m Approx. Crown Spread Diameter - 5m Location - Rear garden in the middle, adjacent to T1 Service - Prune Work Required - prune back the x2 lang limbs/branches by removing approximately 1.5-2m (see photo) Reason - as per clients wishes Priority Code - on Tree Number - T3 Tree Type - Hazel (Corylus avellana) Approx. Diameter at 1.5m - below 75mm Approx. Height - 6m Approx. Crown Spread Diameter - 5m Location - Rear garden Right hand boundary Service - Prune Work Required - remove the stems growing over the fence and neighbours garden Reason - as per clients wishes Priority Code - on Tree Number - T4 Tree Type - Plum (prunus spp) Approx. Diameter at 1.5m - 0.1-0.3m Approx. Height - 3m Approx. Crown Spread Diameter - 3m Location - Rear garden left hand boundary Service - Fell Work Required - Fell as close to trees current ground level as possible and leave the stump in the ground Reason - tree is dead Priority Code - A Tree Number - T5 Tree Type - Cypress (Cupressus spp.) Approx. Diameter at 1.5m - 0.5-0.75m Approx. Height - 9m Approx. Crown Spread Diameter - 6m Location - Rear garden left hand boundary Service - Prune Work Required - remove the lowest overextending limb on the western side of the tree Reason - as per clients wishes Priority Code - on Tree Number - G1 Tree Type - x2 Leyland Cypress (X cupressoncyparis leylandii) hedge Approx. Height - 2.5m Location - Rear garden Right hand boundary Service - trim Work Required - trim top and all sides (clients and neighbour...

As published by the council, reference 24/1376/TCA

Application record

Reference
24/1376/TCA
Type
Works to trees in a conservation area
Status
Awaiting decision
Decision
Consent given on work to Tree apps
Received
29 Aug 2024
Validated
29 Aug 2024
Decided
24 Sep 2024
Ward
Oxhey Hall And Hayling
Parish
Watford Rural Parish Council
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
WD19 4NY

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 29 Aug 2024

    Received by Three Rivers

  2. 24 Sep 2024

    Decision issued: Consent given on work to Tree apps

  3. 1 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

13 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Three Rivers granted permission on 24 September 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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