Planning application
153 Valley Road Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 4BR
Works: Trees
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Tree Number - T1 Tree Type - Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) Approx. Diameter at 1.5m - 0.4m Approx. Height - 16m Approx. Crown Spread Diameter - 12m Location - See map Service - Crown Reduction Work Required - Reduce height by up to 6m and lateral spread on all sides by up to 4m, to finished crown dimensions of 10m height and 4m lateral spread Reason - As per clients request Priority Code - ON
As published by the council, reference 26/0445/TPO
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0445/TPO
- Type
- Works to trees covered by a Tree Pres O
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Decision
- Refused As published: Refusal of work to Tree applications
- Received
- 17 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 17 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 27 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Chorleywood North And Sarratt
- Parish
- Chorleywood Parish Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- WD3 4BR
Timeline
Dates from the published record
-
17 Mar 2026
Received by Three Rivers
-
27 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Refusal of work to Tree applications
-
19 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Watch members (£5 a month) open the document list from here.
Open the documentsWhat this refusal means
Three Rivers refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. 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.
Nearby applications
Within 0.3 miles
-
165 Valley Road Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 4BR
seek permission to trim yew,and 2 oaks and remove diseased sycamore as advised in document
Granted Trees 13 docs -
149 Valley Road Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 4BR
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.
Granted Trees 4 docs -
130 Valley Road Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 4BP
Prior Approval: Single storey rear extension (depth 7.00 metres, maximum height 3.00 metres, maximum eaves height 3.00 metres)
Granted Outline Extension 6 docsSmall domestic -
142 Valley Road Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 4BP
Tree Number - T1 Tree Type - Birch (Betula pendula) Approx. Diameter at 1.5m - 0.3-0.5m Approx. Height - 9m Approx. Crown Spread Diameter - 4m Location - Front garden right hand side Service - Section dismantle Work Required - Section dismantle tree with use of MEWP to near ground level and leave stump in the ground Reason - tree in a state of severe decline with a large section of the top being dead with multiple Birch polypore (Fomitopsis betulina) brackets present Priority Code - A
Decided Trees 5 docs -
126 Valley Road Rickmansworth WD3 4BP
T1 - Beech - Located in rear garden - Tree is failing - Would like to fell T2 - Ash - Located in rear garden - Tree is failing - Would like to fell
Decided Trees 3 docs -
132 Valley Road Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 4BP
T2: Ash - fell T8: Ash - fell T9: Oak - monitor lean towards neighbouring property.
Refused Trees 6 docs
Other tree works applications
In Three Rivers
-
26/1673/TPO Awaiting decision
5 Springwell Court Springwell Avenue Mill End Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 8DL
T3 Beech- fell and replace
-
26/1659/TPO Awaiting decision
4 Arundel Road Abbots Langley Hertfordshire WD5 0TP
T1 - Scots pine x 1 - reduce crown by tip-thinning the lateral branches by around 1m to reduce overall density and shading to the garden area. As part of the works significant sized deadwood will be removed.
-
26/1651/TPO Awaiting decision
65 Northwick Road South Oxhey Watford Hertfordshire WD19 6NE
T11 Reduce branches/foliage on tree
-
26/1649/TPO Awaiting decision
5 The Beeches Chorleywood Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 5DT
Tree Number - T2 Tree Type - Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) Approx. Diameter at 1.5m - 0.5m Approx. Height - 16m Approx. Crown Spread Diameter - 8m Location - 4 The Beeches Service - Crown Reduction Work Required - Reduce height by up to 3m. Reason - As per clients specification / to reduce wind sail and allow more light into the garden Priority Code - On
-
26/1646/TPO Awaiting decision
29 Hill Rise Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 7NY
Tree Number - T1 Tree Type - Copper beech (Fagus sylvatica) Approx. Diameter at 1.5m - 0.6m Approx. Height - 23m Approx. Crown Spread Diameter - 16 Service - Crown Reduction Work Required - Reduce lateral spread of the upper crown by up to 2m and the middle to lower crown by up to 3m, neighbors side only (no.27) Reason - As per clients wishes / to reduce encroachment Tree Number - T5 Tree Type - Silver birch (Betula pendula) Approx. Diameter at 1.5m - 0.4m Approx. Height - 14m Approx. Crown Spread Diameter - 13m Service - Crown Reduction Work Required - Reduce the lateral spread of the 2 over extended lateral limbs in the lower crown to the south and east by removing up to 3m Reason - As per clients wishes / to reduce encroachment over neighbors gardens