9 Beechcroft Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3BT
Refused on 19 May 2026
Council decision: Refuse Permission/ConsentDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
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Proposal
Works to trees
- Received
- 23 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Dacorum Borough Council
- Ward
- Berkhamsted East
- ReceivedReceived23 Mar
- ValidatedValidated23 Mar
- Consult.Consultation16 Apr
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided19 May
Decided in 57 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at 9 Beechcroft Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3BT. Dacorum has handled 616 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 8 days longer than Dacorum's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Berkhamsted East. We hold 651 applications in total for the HP4 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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Why it was refused
- Saved Policy 99 of the Dacorum Borough Local Plan (2004) states that consent to carry out works to trees protected by a Tree Preservation Order will not be given unless the Council is satisfied that it would be necessary to overcome a serious safety hazard, nuisance or detriment to local character. Where removal is permitted, appropriate replacements will be required. Core Strategy (2013) Policy CS12 states that important trees should be retained. In this instance, sufficient arboricultural justification / evidence to support the proposed works and justify the works to the protected trees has not been provided. On the basis of the information submitted an accurate assessment of the health and amenity value of the tree cannot be made. The application is therefore contrary to Saved Policy 99 and Policy CS12 of the Core Strategy 2013. This application was supported by the following documents: Date of Decision Notice: 19th May 2026 Application Number: 26/00698/TPO
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- HP4 3BT
- Application type
- Works to Preserved Tree(s)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Berkhamsted Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 16 April 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 3
- Constraints
- 32
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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 (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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Dacorum
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