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The Old Forge Cottage Winkwell Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 2RZ

24/01858/TCAWorks to Tree(s) in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 23 August 2024

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Tree Works

Received
15 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bovingdon / Flaunden / Chipperfield
  1. Received15 Aug
  2. Validated15 Aug
  3. Consult.9 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Aug

Decided in 8 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Old Forge Cottage Winkwell Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 2RZ. Dacorum has handled 616 applications of this type. This one was decided in 8 days, 6 weeks quicker than Dacorum's typical decision time. The site is in the Winkwell conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 164 applications across Bovingdon / Flaunden / Chipperfield. We hold 1,540 applications in total for the HP1 postcode area.

99% of trees applications at Dacorum Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
HP1 2RZ
Application type
Works to Tree(s) in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hemel Hempstead (No Parish)

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 August 2024
Last date for comments
9 September 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
longacre tree surgery
Agent address
4 norwood close hertford SG142EX

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13333635
Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Winkwell
  • Listed building: Grade II: WinkwellOn this site · +1 more
  • Green belt: Dacorum

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

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, 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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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    8 Jul

    Works to trees

    ApprovedWorks to Tree(s) in Conservation Area24/01554/TCA
  2. 2023
    28 Aug

    Construction of timber summerhouse

    WithdrawnHouseholder23/02087/FHA
  3. 2022
    11 Apr

    Details required by condition 3 (windows/rooflight and joinery details and finish) attached to planning…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions22/01199/DRC
  4. 2021
    15 Mar

    Replacement of existing single storey rear extension with a new single storey extension, rebuilding and…

    ApprovedListed building consent21/01091/LBC
  5. 2021
    15 Mar

    Replacement of existing single storey rear extension with a new single storey extension, rebuilding and…

    ApprovedHouseholder21/01090/FHA
  6. 2020
    8 Jul

    New vehicle access, driveway, post and beam boundary fence and 2 x 5 bar gates.

    ApprovedHouseholder20/01851/FHA

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