Planning application
9 The Roughs Northwood HA6 3DE
Works: Trees
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
T1 - Oak x 1 - reduce by 2m on height and 3m on overall spread, this will leave the tree at around 21 m in height with an approximate crown spread of 5-6 m. T2 - Oak x 1 - reduce by 2m on height and 2m on overall spread (as T1 above) T3 - Oak x 1 - reduce by 1-1.5m on height to clear dieback, prune back the south and east sides by around 1.5 m to leave these sections at about 2.5 m in length and so create a reasonably symmetrical crown. Reasons: trees 1 & 2 are woodland/field species rather than garden trees and these are now becoming somewhat large for this suburban location, Mr Ellis also has some concerns because the property is located within an area that has a shrinkable superficial site geology. Tree 3 is suppressed by the former two trees and as a result has developed a very asymmetrical crown with appreciable deadwood at the higher levels.
As published by the council, reference 25/1297/TPO
Application record
- Reference
- 25/1297/TPO
- Type
- Works to trees covered by a Tree Pres O
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Decision
- Refusal of work to Tree applications
- Received
- 31 Jul 2025
- Validated
- 31 Jul 2025
- Decided
- 18 Aug 2025
- Ward
- Moor Park And Eastbury
- Parish
- Batchworth Community Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- HA6 3DE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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31 Jul 2025
Received by Three Rivers
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18 Aug 2025
Decision issued: Refusal of work to Tree applications
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
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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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