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15 Downalong Bushey Heath Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 1HZ

26/0423/TPOTree Preservation Order Works (8 Week)Approved

Approved on 14 May 2026

Council decision: TPO Consent

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

Proposal

Part of G3. T1 LIME. Crown reduction by 2m in height and 1.5m in lateral growth, leaving the tree a standing height of 16m. T2 LIME. Crown reduction by 2m in height and 1.5m in lateral growth, leaving the tree a standing height of 16m. T3 LIME. Crown reduction by 2m in height and 1.5m in lateral growth, leaving the tree a standing height of 15m.

Received
31 March 2026
Ward
Bushey Heath
  1. Received31 Mar
  2. Validated8 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Jun
  5. Decided14 May

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 15 Downalong Bushey Heath Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 1HZ. Hertsmere has handled 493 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 12 days quicker than Hertsmere's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Bushey Heath. 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 1HZ
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Works (8 Week)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 April 2026
Target decision date
3 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Thor's Trees
Agent address
48 Argyle Road Enfield N18 2PP

Planning decision

Case officer
Portal Application
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14824887
Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
4

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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