Caroline House High Street Bushey Hertfordshire
Refused on 18 December 2025
Council decision: TPO Refusal
Proposal
TPO 3 (T5) YEW Approx H14 S8 25DBH. Deadwood, Lift 4m. TPO6 (T8) YEW Approx H10 S8 40DBH. Remove major deadwood, cut back to give a 2m clearance of building, Lift 4m. TPO9 (T9) CHESTNUT Approx H15 S10 60DBH. Crown reduce height and sides by 2m, Thin 10%, Deadwood, Lift 4.5m.
- Received
- 23 October 2025
- Council
- Hertsmere Borough Council
- Ward
- Bushey St James
- Agent
- CSG Ushers Ltd
- ReceivedReceived23 Oct
- ValidatedValidated17 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date12 Jan
- DecidedDecided18 Dec
Decided in 31 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Caroline House High Street Bushey Hertfordshire. Hertsmere has handled 493 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 76 applications across Bushey St James. 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 1QR
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order Works (8 Week)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- No Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 12 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- CSG Ushers Ltd
- Agent address
- Unit 13 Waterways Business Centre Navigation Drive Enfield EN3 6JJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
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.
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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.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20262 Feb
T10 UNIDENTIFIED TREE. To cut back overhang by 1m to boundary line (See annotated photo)
ApprovedTree Works in Conservation Area (6 Week)26/0127/TRC - 202517 Nov
T1 ASH. Approx. H11 S8 30DBH Crown reduce height and sides by 1-2m Leaving H9m S6m. Lift 4m from ground. T2…
ApprovedApplication25/1538/TRC
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