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14 The Cloisters Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 1HL

25/0285/TCAWorks to trees in a conservation areaApproved

Approved on 17 March 2025

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

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

Proposal

Tree Number - H1 Tree Type - Portuguese laurel Approx. Diameter at 1.5m - 0.2m Approx. Height - 4m Approx. Spread Diameter - 8m Location - See map Service - Reduce height Work Required - Reduce height by approximately 1.5m and cut back lateral spread into the garden by 1m. Trim footpath side back to boundary fence line. Client aware tree will look sparse Reason - To ease with future maintenance Priority Code - ON Tree Number - T1 Tree Type - Cypress Approx. Diameter at 1.5m - 0.2m Approx. Height - 4m Approx. Length - 3m Approx. Width - 2m Location - See map Service - Hedge Trim Work Required - Trim/ reduce height by removing approx. 1m, back to previous to shape and trim sides by removing annual growth Reason - As part of continued maintenance Priority Code - ON Tree Number - H2 Tree Type - Portuguese laurel Approx. Diameter at 1.5m - 0.2m Approx. Height - 4m Approx. Spread Diameter - 3m Location - See map Service - Reduce height Work Required - Reduce height by approximately 1m and cut back encroachment into garden by 1m. Client aware tree will look sparse. Reason - As per client request Priority Code - ON Tree Number - T2 Tree Type - Box elder maple Approx. Diameter at 1.5m - 0.35m Approx. Height - 8m Approx. Crown Spread Diameter - 7m Location - See map Service - Crown Reduction Work Required - Reduce height by up to 2m and lateral spread on all sides by up to 3m, to finished crown dimensions of 6m height and 4m lateral spread Reason - To reduce stresses on old pollard points Priority Code - C Tree Number - T3 Tree Type - Cypress Approx. Diameter at 1.5m - 0.2m Approx. Height - 7m Approx. Spread Diameter - 3m Location - See map Service - Reduce height Work Required - Reduce height by approximately 2.5m and trim remaining as hard as possible whilst retaining a green screen. Reason - To ease with future maintenance Priority Code - ON

Received
17 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rickmansworth Town
  1. Received17 Feb
  2. Validated17 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target31 Mar
  5. Decided17 Mar

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 14 The Cloisters Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 1HL. Three Rivers has handled 739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than Three Rivers's typical decision time. The site is in the Rickmansworth Town Centre conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 81 applications across Rickmansworth Town. 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 1HL
Application type
Works to trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Batchworth Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 February 2025
Target decision date
31 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Artemis Tree Services Ltd West Hyde Nursery Old Uxbridge Road Maple Cross Hertfordshire WD3 9XY

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13783185
Comments
0
Documents
9
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.

  • Conservation area: Rickmansworth Town Centre
  • 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.

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