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Land around Bishops College, Churchgate Cheshunt Hertfordshire EN8 9XP

07/23/0675/TWWorks to TreesApproved

Approved on 24 August 2023

Council decision: TREE WORKS DECISION

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

G1 - Huntingdon Suite Clear creeper from Octagonal suite and from arch, back to main wall of Huntingdon trim down regrowth to previous points below first floor windows. Clear back around windows & doors. Cut back on Eastern edge back to bay window. Cut back bulge as much as possible (will possibly expose main stems) G2 - crown lift Yews to 4-5 metres, remove epicormic, sever Ivy on larger stems, remove larger pieces of dead/hanging limbs in Yews. Selective coppicing of smaller Yews to 1 metre T3 - Yew by pond - reduce limb over path by 2-3 metres, sever Ivy T4 - leaning Yew - cut back to clear lamp by at least 1 metre, remove growth on rear of main stem G5 - crown lift Yews to 4-5 metres, remove epicormic, sever Ivy on larger stems, remove larger pieces of dead/hanging limbs in Yews T6 - Plane by river - reduce 3 x drooping limbs over river to provide 3-4 metres ground clearance, remove large deadwood in lower crown, sever Ivy T7 - Sycamore - remove 2 x lowest limbs & fell ... read more

Submitted
9 August 2023
Ward
Bury Green
  1. Received9 Aug
  2. Validated9 Aug
  3. Consult.9 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Aug

Decided in 15 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Land around Bishops College, Churchgate Cheshunt Hertfordshire EN8 9XP. Broxbourne has handled 477 applications of this type. This one was decided in 15 days, 6 weeks quicker than Broxbourne's typical decision time. The site is in the Churchgate conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Bury Green. We hold 1,100 applications in total for the EN8 postcode area.

98% of trees applications at Broxbourne Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
EN8 9XP
Application type
Works to Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 August 2023
Consultation expiry
9 August 2023
Consultation end
9 August 2023

Additional information

Documents
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (18)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Broxbourne

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