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Opposite 1 Hillview Cottages Chorleywood Bottom Chorleywood Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 5JF

25/2146/TCAWorks to trees in a conservation areaApproved

Approved on 12 January 2026

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

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

Proposal

Tree is adjacent to: The old shepherd, Chorleywood bottom WD35JH Nr Old Shepherd Pub - Tree Number - T247 Tree Type - Weeping willow (Salix babylonica) Approx. Diameter at 1.5m - 0.3m Approx. Height - 10m Approx. Crown Spread Diameter - 7m Location - See map Service - Repollard Work Required - Re-pollard back to previous pruning points by removing approximately 6m from height and 5m lateral growth, to include removal of all epicormic and basal growth Reason - As per clients request Priority Code - ON

Received
9 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chorleywood South And Maple Cross
  1. Received9 Dec
  2. Validated9 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target20 Jan
  5. Decided12 Jan

Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Opposite 1 Hillview Cottages Chorleywood Bottom Chorleywood Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 5JF. 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. The site is in the Chorleywood Common conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 106 applications across Chorleywood South And Maple Cross. 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 5JF
Application type
Works to trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chorleywood Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 December 2025
Target decision date
20 January 2026

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-14550977
Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
12

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: Chorleywood Common
  • 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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