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30 Westbury Road Northwood HA6 3BX

23/1724/TPOWorks to trees covered by a Tree Pres OApproved

Approved on 22 December 2023

Council decision: Permiss/replant given to work to Tree apDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

The proposed works are to fell at ground level and treat the stump to prevent regrowth of the weeping willow tree at 30 Westbury Rd. The reason for the works is due to subsidence damage at 28 Westbury Rd and the tree being implicated in causing this damage. Alternatives to tree removal have been considered and thought impractical or ineffective. The reasonably foreseeable loss arising if removal of the tree is not allowed has been estimated as 340,000+VAT based on a building footprint of 150 sq m. made up of 50k pre-piling, 140k design and build piled raft, 100k post piling (internal rebuilding, bathroom, kitchen and conservatory etc and 50k alternative accommodation whilst the works are undertaken. If the tree is removed then the repair costs are estimated to be a total of 85,000 + VAT consisting of External and internal superstructure repairs and redecoration 40k, internal floor works 40K, alternative accommodation 5k The difference between these two sums is an estimate of foreseeable compensation claim if tree removal is not allowed.

Received
11 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Moor Park And Eastbury
  1. Received11 Oct
  2. Validated20 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Jan
  5. Decided22 Dec

Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 30 Westbury Road Northwood HA6 3BX. Three Rivers has handled 739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 2 weeks longer than Three Rivers's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 127 applications across Moor Park And Eastbury. We hold 932 applications in total for the HA6 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
HA6 3BX
Application type
Works to trees covered by a Tree Pres O
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Batchworth Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 November 2023
Target decision date
15 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Duramen Consulting Ltd Wren's Cottage Charing Heath Rd ASHFORD TN27 0AU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12521330
Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
10

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: Three Rivers

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