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The Barn Grange Lane Letchmore Heath Watford Hertfordshire WD25 8DY

26/0152/TRCTree Works in Conservation Area (6 Week)Approved

Approved on 9 March 2026

Council decision: Tree work in Conservation Area Consent

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

Proposal

G1 3no BEECH. Prune to retain 'beehive' shape. To maintain topiary type form.

Received
6 February 2026
Ward
Aldenham West
  1. Received6 Feb
  2. Validated9 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Mar
  5. Decided9 Mar

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Barn Grange Lane Letchmore Heath Watford Hertfordshire WD25 8DY. Hertsmere has handled 493 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 4 weeks quicker than Hertsmere's typical decision time. The site is in the Letchmore Heath conservation area. There have been 2 other applications 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 8DY
Application type
Tree Works in Conservation Area (6 Week)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Aldenham Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 February 2026
Target decision date
23 March 2026
Permission expires
9 March 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Urban Forestry
Agent address
Bedmond Bungalow Bedmond Road Abbots Langley WD5 0RP

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14683842
Comments
0
Documents
4
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.

© 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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