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The Limes Bradford Road Heronsgate WD3 5DA

17/0122/TCAWorks to trees in a conservation areaApproved

Approved on 17 February 2017

Council decision: Consent given on work to Tree appsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Hornbeam (T1) 30% Crown reduction of Hornbeam hanging over drive and end of garage , to significantly reduce overhang by 2-3 metresYew (T2) and (T3) 30% Reduction to reduce overall canopy size by 1-2 metresYew (T4) 20% Crown reduction by 0.5 - 1 metre to maintain tree at a reasonable sizeSycamore - multistem (T5) 30% Reduction to maintain tree at a reasonable sizeAsh (T6) Dismantle and remove as heavily weighted over orchard, casting shade over other fruit treesCherry (T7) Dismantle and remove as heavily weighted over orchard, casting shade over other fruit treesOak (T8) Dead - removeSycamore (T9) Remove three large lower limbs growing out over orchard area to allow more light to fruit treesSycamore (T10) 30% Crown reduction of three stems to reduce shading of orchardSycamore(T11)30% Crown reduction to reduce shading of orchardVarious (T12) Cut back overhang from young trees / saplings that make up understorey under large Oak - to clear back from path and orchard edge (no works to large Oak above)

Received
21 January 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chorleywood South And Maple Cross
  1. Received21 Jan
  2. Validated21 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target4 Mar
  5. Decided17 Feb

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Limes Bradford Road Heronsgate WD3 5DA. Three Rivers has handled 739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than Three Rivers's typical decision time. The site is in the Heronsgate conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 106 applications across Chorleywood South And Maple Cross. We hold 2,814 applications in total for the WD3 postcode area.

91% of trees applications at Three Rivers District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
WD3 5DA
Application type
Works to trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Non-Parished

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 January 2017
Target decision date
4 March 2017
Permission expires
17 February 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
P C Treescapes
Agent address
2 Springfield Close Croxley Green WD3 3HQ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05769701
Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
13

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: Heronsgate
  • Green belt: Three Rivers
  • 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: Three Rivers

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