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2 Upper Paddock Road Watford Hertfordshire WD19 4DZ

23/00289/TCAWorks to Trees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 12 May 2023

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. Removal of Leylandii Cypress and Wild Cherry Tree The Leylandii Cypress and the Wild Cherry need to be removed to prevent further damage to the house and stop interference with the new foundations. We have permission from our neighbour to the the right of our house (The Villiers Arms) for the removal of the Wild Cherry tree.

Received
3 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Oxhey
  1. Received3 Apr
  2. Validated3 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 May
  5. Decided12 May

Decided in 39 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 2 Upper Paddock Road Watford Hertfordshire WD19 4DZ. Watford has handled 343 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 10 days quicker than Watford's typical decision time. The site is in the Oxhey conservation area. 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 4DZ
Application type
Works to Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 April 2023
Target decision date
15 May 2023
Permission expires
12 May 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12065896
Documents
5
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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