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13 Churchfields, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, EN10 7JU

07/24/0809/TWWorks to TreesApproved

Approved on 5 November 2024

Council decision: TREE WORKS DECISION

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1: The large 13-metre (approx.) tall and and 9-metre wide multi-stemmed Sour Cherry (Prunus Cerasus) to undergo a crown reduction and thinning by 30% (up-to 4-metres) to reduce its dominance. Through pruning, dead wooding, thinning and overall reduction the crown will be opened up to leave the tree healthy and balanced with a long-lasting shape fit for the habitat. The work will also create more light into the garden to allow other planting to thrive T2: The 5.5-metre-tall "lollipop" shaped Lawson Cypress (Chamaecyparis Lawsoniana) tree to the rear left of the garden to be systematically dismantled down to a low stump. Note: This cypress tree would only take minimal trimming before showing unsightly holes, therefore recommendation to remove. T3: The two 5.5-metre-tall Apple (Malus Domestica) trees in the rear garden to undergo a light crown reduction and thinning of the long 1.5-metre -long upright 'water' shoots to bring the tree back into a nice shape. The trees will be left... read more

Submitted
14 October 2024
Ward
Broxbourne
  1. Received14 Oct
  2. Validated14 Oct
  3. Consult.14 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Nov

Decided in 22 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 13 Churchfields, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, EN10 7JU. Broxbourne has handled 477 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 5 weeks quicker than Broxbourne's typical decision time. The site is in the Broxbourne conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Broxbourne. We hold 1,797 applications in total for the EN10 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
EN10 7JU
Application type
Works to Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 October 2024
Consultation expiry
14 October 2024
Consultation end
14 October 2024

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Broxbourne
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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 (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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

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© 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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