Charlecote House Burfield Road Chorleywood Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 5NS
Proposal
T1: Oak (Quercus robur) located on the boundary opposite Charlecote House on the righthand side of the driveway ? Reduce and shape canopy back to previous reduction points by approximately 2.5-3m in height and evenly reduce the lateral spread by approximately 2.5-3m. Lifting the lower canopy by approximately 4-5.2m where possible giving better access for vehicles. Remove any major deadwood over 40mm. T2: False Acacia Robinia (Robinia pseudoacacia) located on the righthand side of the rear garden near swimming pool ? Reduce and shape canopy back to previous reduction points by approximately 3-4m in height and evenly reduce lateral spread by approximately 2.5-3m. Remove any crossing/rubbing branches and deadwood over 40mm. T3: Weeping Willow (Salix babylonica) located on the southeast boundary of the rear garden ? Reduce and shape canopy back to previous reduction points by approximately 2.5-3m in height and evenly reduce lateral spread by approximately 2.5-3m, remove any major deadwood over 40mm. Thinning the westside of the canopy and reducing any major over longs back into the canopy line. Retaining as much screening as possible at the front. T4: Large Ash (Fraxinus) located on the lefthand side of the front driveway with considerable deadwood to the southwest side of the canopy over the driveway ? Reduce and shape canopy by approximately 2.5-3m in height and evenly reduce lateral spread by approximately 2.5-3m. Reducing the large leader to the northeast side of the canopy slightly harder up to 5m pulling growth away from the neighbour?s Silver Birch and the lowest limb to the southwest side of the canopy slightly harder up to 4-5m pulling it away from the Maples and the Silver Birch it is starting to interfere with, back into the new canopy line.
- Received
- 26 June 2025
- Decided
- 21 August 2025 · Consent given on work to Tree apps
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Chorleywood South And Maple Cross
- ReceivedSubmitted26 Jun
- ValidatedValidated26 Jun
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date21 Aug
- DecidedDecided21 Aug
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
This is a tree application at Charlecote House Burfield Road Chorleywood Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 5NS. Three Rivers has handled 717 applications of this type and approves 91% of them, typically deciding them in 38 days. This one was decided in 56 days, 3 weeks longer than Three Rivers's median. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 114 applications across Chorleywood South And Maple Cross. We hold 2,722 applications in total for the WD3 postcode area.
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Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Chorleywood, Station EstateNext to the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
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