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13 St Francis Close Oxhey Hall Watford Hertfordshire WD19 4LP

25/2010/TCAWorks to trees in a conservation areaApproved

Approved on 22 December 2025

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

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

Proposal

T2 Norway Maple 2 Goals: Reduce spread of crown Reduce size of crown height Specifications: Reduce all live, interfering branches, 5-6 metres length reduction, center of canopy Reduce declining, interfering, over-extended branches as needed, 3-4 metres spread, entire canopy (Height, top) Remove all debris

Received
19 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Oxhey Hall And Hayling
  1. Received19 Nov
  2. Validated19 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target31 Dec
  5. Decided22 Dec

Decided in 33 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 13 St Francis Close Oxhey Hall Watford Hertfordshire WD19 4LP. Three Rivers has handled 739 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 3 weeks quicker than Three Rivers's typical decision time. The site is in the Oxhey Hall conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Oxhey Hall And Hayling. We hold 905 applications in total for the WD19 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
WD19 4LP
Application type
Works to trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Watford Rural Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 November 2025
Target decision date
31 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Bartlett Tree Experts Coursers Farm Coursers Road Colney Heath AL4 0PD

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14501005
Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
9

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: Oxhey Hall
  • 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    19 Nov

    T2 Norway Maple 2 Goals: Reduce spread of crown Reduce size of crown height Specifications: Reduce all live…

    This applicationApprovedTrees25/2010/TCA
  2. 2025
    19 Nov

    T3 v Norway Maple 3 Close Goals: Reduce height and spread of tree by pollarding back to previous pruned…

    ApprovedWorks to trees in a conservation areaFiled alongside25/2011/TCA

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