Planning application
65 Nightingale Road Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 7BU
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
The tree is a very large Sycamore tree - it is located up the far end of the garden adjacent to the wall which it is knocking down. We would like to cut it down to ground level.
As published by the council, reference 26/0725/TPO
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0725/TPO
- Type
- Works to trees covered by a Tree Pres O
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Decision
- Consent given on work to Tree apps
- Received
- 5 May 2026
- Validated
- 6 May 2026
- Decided
- 15 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Rickmansworth Town
- Parish
- Batchworth Community Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- WD3 7BU
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 May 2026
Received by Three Rivers
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6 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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15 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Consent given on work to Tree apps
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19 Aug 2026
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16 documents on file for this application
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The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About trees applications
How this application type works
Tree applications cover work to protected trees: those under a tree preservation order need consent for pruning or felling, and trees in a conservation area need six weeks written notice before work starts. The council assesses the amenity value of the tree and can refuse consent, approve it with conditions, or in conservation areas make a preservation order in response.
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