Tesco Stores Limited 239 - 241 Lower High Street Watford WD17 2BD
Approved on 7 August 2024
Council decision: Tree Works Approved with conditionsDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Emergency works to snapped fallen willow tree in the car park blocking bays, our team has actioned removal of the tree and made area safe
- Received
- 14 June 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Watford Borough Council
- Ward
- Central
- ReceivedReceived14 Jun
- ValidatedValidated14 Jun
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date9 Aug
- DecidedDecided7 Aug
Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at Tesco Stores Limited 239 - 241 Lower High Street Watford WD17 2BD. Watford has handled 343 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 5 days longer than Watford's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Central. 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 2BD
- Application type
- Works to Preserved Trees
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 June 2024
- Target decision date
- 9 August 2024
- Permission expires
- 7 August 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 6
- Constraints
- 2
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 3: High 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 (22)
flood storage areas, conservation 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.
Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202626 Jun
Works to trees, Group TPO.120 (see tree survey report)
PendingWorks to Preserved Trees26/00489/TPO - 202626 May
Installation of one self service laundry kiosk to Tesco Superstore curtilage
PendingApplication26/00378/FUL - 202618 May
Consent to display 1 x Internally illuminated fascia sign
PendingAdvertisement consent26/00379/ADV - 202617 Apr
Tree works as per attached tree survey report for trees G15, G16, G18, , T163, T164, T168, T169, T170, T171…
ApprovedApplication26/00313/TPO
Source: Watford
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