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land around Friends Avenue, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, EN8 8LG

07/26/0720/TWWorks to TreesApproved

Approved on 13 October 2026

Council decision: TREE WORKS DECISION

Proposal

Tree numbers from plan T1 Yew -Crown raise tree to 2.5m from ground level. T2 Pine - sever Ivy at base and remove deadwood present within the crown. T3 Cedar - Team to sever Ivy at base and remove deadwood present within the crown. T4 Pine - Team to sever Ivy at base and remove deadwood present within the crown. T8 Conifer - Fell to ground level T9 Bald Cypress - remove deadwood present from within the crown. T10 Ash - reduce by 20% T16 Ash - reduce by up to 2m and cut back from block. T17 Conifer - cut back by up to 2m and reduce height from gutter. T19 Yew - remove epicormic growth at base, crown raise to 2.5m from ground level and remove deadwood present from within the crown. T20 Yew - remove epicormic growth at base, crown raise to 2.5m from ground level and remove deadwood present from within the crown. T21 Mulberry - Sever Ivy at base and crown raise lower branches to 2.5m from ground level. T22 Ash - Sever Ivy at base. T25 Oak - deadwood and 2m crown reduc... read more

Submitted
17 September 2026
Ward
Cheshunt South and Theobalds
  1. Received17 Sep
  2. Validated17 Sep
  3. Consult.17 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided13 Oct

Decided in 26 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at land around Friends Avenue, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, EN8 8LG. Broxbourne has handled 477 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 4 weeks quicker than Broxbourne's typical decision time. The site is in 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 29 applications across Cheshunt South and Theobalds. 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 8LG
Application type
Works to Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 September 2026
Consultation expiry
17 September 2026
Consultation end
17 September 2026
Application expires
29 October 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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

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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