The Cedars Rectory Road Rickmansworth Hertfordshire
Approved on 30 October 2025
Council decision: Consent given on work to Tree appsDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Tree Number - T1 Tree Type - Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) Approx. Diameter at 1.5m - 0.3m Approx. Height - 8m Approx. Crown Spread Diameter - 6m Location - See map Service - Crown Reduction Work Required - Reduce height by up to 1.5m and lateral spread on all sides by up to 1m Reason - Tree has become over extended due to being shaded out by a large cedar, reducing to help tree self correct Priority Code - On Tree Number - T2 Tree Type - Lebanese cedar (Cedrus libani) Approx. Diameter at 1.5m - 0.8m Approx. Height - 18m Approx. Crown Spread Diameter - 16m Location - see map Service - Crown Reduction Work Required - Reduce height by up to 2m and lateral spread on all sides by up to 1.5m, to finished crown dimensions of 16m height and 14.5m lateral spread Reason - Tree has become large and over extended reducing to reduce encroachment to the building and car park area Priority Code - On
- Received
- 26 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Rickmansworth Town
- ReceivedReceived26 Sep
- ValidatedValidated26 Sep
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date21 Nov
- DecidedDecided30 Oct
Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at The Cedars Rectory Road Rickmansworth Hertfordshire. Three Rivers has handled 739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 3 weeks quicker than Three Rivers's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 79 applications across Rickmansworth Town. We hold 2,819 applications in total for the WD3 postcode area.
92% 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 1FJ
- Application type
- Works to trees covered by a Tree Pres O
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Batchworth Community Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 September 2025
- Target decision date
- 21 November 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
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Brownfield land register: Police Station, Rectory Road, RickmansworthRegister site at or near this address
- 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, 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 and heritage coasts.
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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