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30 Park Road Watford WD17 4QN

24/00063/TCAWorks to Trees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 26 January 2024

Council decision: Tree Works ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Works to trees in a Conservation area - Indian Bean Tree for a 30% reduction, due to significant size, interference with BT cables and the tree is heavily hanging into our neighbour's driveway where cars are parked.

Received
25 January 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Nascot
  1. Received25 Jan
  2. Validated25 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Mar
  5. Decided26 Jan

Decided in 1 day (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 30 Park Road Watford WD17 4QN. Watford has handled 343 applications of this type. This one was decided in 1 day, 7 weeks quicker than Watford's typical decision time. The site is in the Nascot conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Nascot. We hold 1,594 applications in total for the WD17 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
WD17 4QN
Application type
Works to Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 January 2024
Target decision date
7 March 2024
Permission expires
26 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12756430
Documents
6
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Nascot
  • 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

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© 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.

Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    23 Oct

    Works to trees under TPO.138 Indian Bean Tree that has died during the summer. A tree surgeon believes that…

    PendingApplication26/00774/TCA
  2. 2019
    9 May

    Works to trees in Conservation Area (cutting back overhanging branches of 3 conifer trees along rear boundary…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in Conservation Areas19/00514/TCA
  3. 2019
    4 Mar

    Works to trees in a conservation area (removal of 6 fruit trees from rear garden)

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in Conservation Areas19/00245/TCA
  4. 2017
    26 Sep

    Works to raise the canopy of Tree T26 (Birch) of TPO No. 138.

    Tree Works Approved with conditionsWorks to Preserved Trees17/01348/TPO
  5. 2017
    31 Aug

    Details submitted for Condition 4 (tree protection measures) pursuant to planning permission 17/00571/FULH

    Discharge of ConditionDischarge of conditions17/01219/DISCON
  6. 2017
    31 Aug

    Works to raise the canopy of an Indian Bean Tree located in the Nascot Conservation Area.

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in Conservation Areas17/01223/TCA

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