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The Shieling Violet Way Loudwater Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 4JP

24/0760/TPOWorks to trees covered by a Tree Pres ORefused

Refused on 24 June 2024

Council decision: Refusal of work to Tree applicationsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

G1: Hedge located on the left-hand side of the rear garden - Reduce height from beeches to clump of ivy on the corner by the shed to match height of Jennifer's side - to remove 1.5-2mT1: Beech (Fagus sylvatica) located growing on the verge of Violet Way owned by the Estate - Remove 3-4 lowest branches on the north-east side of the canopy. Reduce the remaining lower canopy back by 2.5-3m to offer more light into the garden. No pruning to exceed gutter height.G2: Hedge located on the right-hand side of the garden closest to the property - Reduce height of hedge from the lowest point at the back to the lowest point at the front - height reduction of 1m at one end of the hedge tapering off to 50cm the other end.

Received
10 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chorleywood North And Sarratt
  1. Received10 May
  2. Validated23 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Jul
  5. Decided24 Jun

Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Shieling Violet Way Loudwater Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 4JP. Three Rivers has handled 739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker than Three Rivers's typical decision time. The site is in the Loudwater conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 110 applications across Chorleywood North And Sarratt. We hold 2,818 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 4JP
Application type
Works to trees covered by a Tree Pres O
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chorleywood Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 May 2024
Target decision date
18 July 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Tree Me 220 Muirfield Road Watford WD19 6JA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12992110
Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
11

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: Loudwater
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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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