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Dormers The Green Croxley Green Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 3HX

Granted Three Rivers 25/1243/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

I wish for work to be done on two trees in my garden: (1) Cut down and remove Tree 1, a large overgrown Leylandii (including the stump). In its place I plan to plant a mulberry tree and other bushes and shrubs that are attractive to birds and pollinators. (2) Reduce the height of Tree 2, a maple tree, by around 3 metres. This tree had its crown reduced by about 1.5-2 metres at the end of 2023 (less than 2 years ago) but it quickly regained the lost height and has now become too tall and thin. Note that when I moved to Dormers cottage around 5 years ago, the garden was very overgrown with very tall connifers. I have applied for several of these to be felled or have their height reduced over the years (several previous appliocations) and I believe this has greatly improved the garden. I think Tree 1 in this application will be the last tree that needs to be removed. Hereafter, it should be routine maintenance only. Please note that as promised in previous applications, I have replaced the trees I removed with a variety of fruit trees and bushes (damsone, crab apple, red currant, blackcurrant, raspberry, gooseberry, cherry) as well as other shrubs (hydrangea, jasmine, blackthorn, philadelphus etc). With better light in the garden, I have also dug a large pond (approx 4 x 2.5 m), intended to encourage wildlife (so, no fish). My intention is to keep adding to the garden shrubs and plants (preferably native UK species) selecting where I can those most attractive to birds and pollinators. I have had a provisional (verbal) quote from a tree surgeon to do this new work

As published by the council, reference 25/1243/TCA

Application record

Reference
25/1243/TCA
Type
Works to trees in a conservation area
Status
Pending Consideration
Decision
Granted As published: Consent given on work to Tree apps
Received
21 Jul 2025
Validated
21 Jul 2025
Decided
11 Aug 2025
Ward
Dickinsons
Parish
Croxley Green Parish Council
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
WD3 3HX

Site history

Applications at this address on the Three Rivers register

This site has had 4 applications since 2023: 4 approved, 0 refused.

  • 26/1345/TCA Granted

    Dormers The Green Croxley Green Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 3HX

    Various Tree Works

    Decided 14 Sep 2026 Trees
  • 23/2072/TCA Granted

    Dormers The Green Croxley Green Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 3HX

    Yew and Holly - growing from the pub- at property boundary - cut back to boundary Approx 2m height and 1m width off Holly and Ivy - rear garden left hand boundary near house - cut back approx 1m all round

    Decided 1 Feb 2024 Trees
  • 23/1365/TCA Granted

    Dormers The Green Croxley Green Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 3HX

    T1 - Leylandii - remove T2 - Leylandii - remove T3 - Maple - Reduce Crown height by 2 metres and width by 1.5 metres

    Decided 15 Dec 2023 Trees

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 21 Jul 2025

    Received by Three Rivers

  2. 11 Aug 2025

    Decision issued: Consent given on work to Tree apps

  3. 24 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

12 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Three Rivers granted permission on 11 August 2025, 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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