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2 Atkinson Close Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4AD

25/0994/TPOTree Preservation Order Works (8 Week)Approved

Approved on 2 October 2025

Council decision: TPO Consent Lesser Works

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

Proposal

T1 OAK. Reduce the eastern and southern canopy sides by 2.5m except those lower previously pruned branches which should be pruned to encourage the growth of a single new shoot rather than the present multiple shoots. Ideally the whole canopy area should be reduced to accord with its changed spatial context. Final demension will be 8m from the tree trunk and 22.5m in height. T2 LAWSON CYPRESS. Remove. T3 MONTEREY PINE. Prune back the branches on the southwest side by 1m and the lowest three westerly-growing branches by 0.5m, reduce the lateral branches on the east and north sides by 1.5m. Final dimensions will be no less than 2.5m from the tree trunk and 21m in height. Reasons: see attached report

Received
7 July 2025
Ward
Bushey Park
Agent
Abbots Arboricultural Advice Limited
  1. Received7 Jul
  2. Validated18 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Oct
  5. Decided2 Oct

Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 2 Atkinson Close Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4AD. Hertsmere has handled 493 applications of this type. This one was decided in 87 days, 4 weeks longer than Hertsmere's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Bushey Park. We hold 1,928 applications in total for the WD23 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
WD23 4AD
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Works (8 Week)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 August 2025
Target decision date
13 October 2025
Permission expires
2 October 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Abbots Arboricultural Advice Limited
Agent address
Bedmond Bungalow Bedmond Road Abbots Langley Hertfordshire WD5 0RP United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14156612
Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
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. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

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: Hertsmere

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