Heath Cottage Common Lane Letchmore Heath Watford Hertfordshire WD25 8EE

23/1807/TRCTree Works in Conservation Area (6 Week)Approved

Approved on 13 February 2024

Council decision: Tree work in Conservation Area Consent

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

T1 SYCAMORE. Crown reduce by 3m to give a final height 12m of and spread of 6m.

Received: 28 December 2023
Council: Hertsmere Borough Council
Ward: Aldenham West

ReceivedReceived28 Dec
ValidatedValidated2 Jan
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date13 Feb
DecidedDecided13 Feb

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Heath Cottage Common Lane Letchmore Heath Watford Hertfordshire WD25 8EE. Hertsmere has handled 493 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than Hertsmere's typical decision time. The site is in the Letchmore Heath conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 152 applications across Aldenham West. We hold 496 applications in total for the WD25 postcode area.

79% of trees applications at Hertsmere Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: WD25 8EE
Application type: Tree Works in Conservation Area (6 Week)
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Aldenham Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated: 2 January 2024
Target decision date: 13 February 2024
Permission expires: 13 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12648217
Comments: 0
Documents: 5
Constraints: 7

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Conservation area: Letchmore Heath
Green belt: Hertsmere
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

Source: Hertsmere

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