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53 Upper Paddock Road Watford WD19 4DY

21/00290/TCAWorks to Trees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 22 March 2021

Council decision: Tree Works ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Works to trees in a conservation area - proposing to remove 7 trees in order to re-landscape the garden, including adding beds and planting new trees. The sketch shows the trees we want to take out are: x1 - Prunus. This tree has bracket fungus on it. x2 - Prunus. This tree is showing the start of fungus growing on it. x3 - Prunus. x4 - Picea . x5 - Cypress x6 - Cypress x7 - Cypress X8 - Privet hedge

Received
1 March 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Oxhey
  1. Received1 Mar
  2. Validated1 Mar
  3. Consult.22 Mar
  4. Target12 Apr
  5. Decided22 Mar

Decided in 21 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 53 Upper Paddock Road Watford WD19 4DY. Watford has handled 343 applications of this type. This one was decided in 21 days, 4 weeks quicker than Watford's typical decision time. The site is in the East Coker conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Oxhey. We hold 905 applications in total for the WD19 postcode area.

99% of trees applications at Watford Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
WD19 4DY
Application type
Works to Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 March 2021
Consultation expiry
22 March 2021
Consultation start
1 March 2021
Consultation end
22 March 2021
Last date for comments
22 March 2021
Target decision date
12 April 2021
Permission expires
22 March 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09569590
Documents
4
Constraints
2

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
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

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: Watford

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