Chorleywood Community Arts Centre Colleyland Chorleywood Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 5LL

1. 5 Feb 2025

   Received by Three Rivers

2. 20 Feb 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 16 Apr 2025

   Decision issued: refused

4. 19 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.

Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.

Prior approval applications arise where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, such as larger home extensions, changes of use to housing or agricultural buildings. The council may only consider the specific matters set out in the rules, for example transport, flooding or appearance, and in many classes the work may proceed if the council does not respond within the deadline, commonly 56 days.

More on prior approval applications in our guide

• Viewpoint Old Common Road Chorleywood WD3 5LW

  21/0253/FUL Submitted 8 Feb 2021 20m away

  Replacement windows

  Granted Full applications Windows or glazing 12 docs

• 6 Colleyland Chorleywood WD3 5LL

  20/2373/FUL Submitted 9 Nov 2020 43m away

  Replacement of existing single glazed windows with double glazed windows

  Granted Full applications Windows or glazing 13 docs

• The Masters House Old Common Road Chorleywood Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 5LW

  25/1237/TCA Submitted 21 Jul 2025 47m away

  The trees are marked T1 to T6 on the sketch plan ("the Plan") with this Application, and shown on the photographs herewith. The intended works and the reasons for them are described below for each tree. There is no Tree Preservation Order on any of them, and it is thought that no Forestry Commission Felling Licence is needed ("less than 5 cu.m. of timber to be felled in a single quarter"). Please accept this application as notification under TCP Act 1990 s 211 of intended work to trees in Chorleywood Common Conservation Area. T1: Ash tree, T1 on the Plan; Photos T1A to T1E. Proposed action: fell / dismantle to ground level. Reasons: the tree is not a very good specimen of its kind. The crown is irregular and not aesthetically attractive. - T1A. The tree appears to have been pollarded many years ago, and later left to its own devices, which has led to the growth of heavy branches in the lower and middle sections of the crown, and a risk of property damage and / or personal injury if such a branch drops. The canopy is thin, and most of it very thin: T1A, D and E. T1 appears to be much the same age as T2, which has been standing dead for eighteen months or more; the inference is that T1 may be nearing the end of its natural life. It has suffered from significant fungal attack: T1B, where the remains of some bracket-fungus is just visible - at their largest, the fruiting-bodies were up to three or four feet across. Over time, the roots of T1 have significantly lifted the surface of the driveways on either side of the base of the tree: T1B, Crindau, and T1C, The Masters House. We submit that T1 in its present state does not significantly contribute to the amneity of the surrounding area and carries a risk of damaging people and property, and should be felled. If it became practicable to instal solar panels on the roof of The Masters House, any canopy of T1 would intercept an appreciable part of the solar energy to what would otherwise be a suitable place for...

  Granted Trees 28 docs

• Old Berkeley Cottage Old Common Road Chorleywood Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 5LW

  26/0561/TCA Submitted 8 Apr 2026 47m away

  Tree Number - H1 Tree Type - Yew (Taxus baccata) Approx Height - 3m Location - Rear garden, left hand boundary Service - Trim Work required - Trim sides to tidy, by removing up to 0.2m Reason - To form a compact hedge Priority - ON Tree number - H2 Tree type - Western Redcedar (Thuja plicata) Approx Height - 7m Location - Rear garden, right hand boundary Service - Hedge trimming Work required - Reduce height by removing up to 2m and trim/prune clients side only by removing up to 0.5m Reason - as part of regular maintenance. Priority code - ON Tree Number - G1 Tree Type - Group of 3x Hornbeam stems (Carpinus betulus) Approx. Diameter at 1.5m - 0.4m Approx. Height - 15m Approx. Crown Spread Diameter - 11m Location - Rear garden, near left rear boundary Service - Crown Reduction Work Required - Reduce height by up to 2m and lateral spread on all sides by up to 1.5m, to finished crown dimensions of 2m height and 8m lateral spread Reason - To reduce encroachment on adjacent structures and allow more light into garden Priority Code - ON

  Granted Trees 6 docs

• Mount Pleasant 7 Colleyland Chorleywood Hertfordshire WD3 5LL

  22/0626/FUL Submitted 4 Apr 2022 49m away

  Single-storey rear extension and alterations to fenestration

  Granted Full applications Extension Windows or glazing 11 docs
  Small domestic

• Mount Pleasant 7 Colleyland Chorleywood Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 5LL

  23/1638/FUL Submitted 27 Sep 2023 49m away

  Replacement windows and erection of shed

  Granted Full applications Windows or glazing 20 docs
  Small domestic

• 26/0702/PDNE Granted

  Sports Hall Royal Masonic School Rickmansworth Park Rickmansworth Hertfordshire

  Permitted Development Notice: Installation of solar panels

  29 Apr 2026 Prior approval
• 25/1595/PDNE Granted

  Three Rivers House Northway Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 1RL

  Permitted Development Notice: Installation of solar panels

  16 Sep 2025 Prior approval
• 25/0921/PDNE Granted

  New Model Farm Sarratt Road Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 6AJ

  Permitted Development Notice: Installation of solar panels on agricultural barn

  29 May 2025 Prior approval
• 25/0445/PDNE Granted

  Afton Cottage 39 Berks Hill Chorleywood Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 5AJ

  Permitted Development Notice: Installation of solar panels

  10 Mar 2025 Prior approval
• 25/0160/PAC Granted

  The Mulberry Bush Dawes Lane Sarratt Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 6BQ

  Prior Notification: Use of part of The Mulberry Bush Farm for the purposes of camping in the calendar year of 2025 (no more than 60 days in total) starting from 1st April 2025

  29 Jan 2025 Prior approval