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92A Langley Road Watford WD17 4PJ

25/00773/TPOWorks to Preserved TreesApproved

Approved on 16 October 2025

Council decision: Tree Works Approved with conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Works to Trees under TPO's 14, 13 and 3. Tree Number - TPO 14 - Ash (Fraxinus Excelsior) approx diameter at 1.5m - 0.5m, approx height 16m, approx crown spread diameter - 14m. Location - See map - Service - Section dismantle. Work required - Section dismantle tree to near ground level. Reason - As per clients specification tree is showing early signs of ash dieback given proximity to the playground for children with learning disabilities removal is recommended. Priority Code - On. Tree Number - TPO 13 - Ash (Fraxinus Excelsior) approx diameter at 1.5m - 0.3-0.4m, approx height - 12m, approx crown spread diameter - 9m, Location - See map. Service - Section dismantle. Work Required - Section dismantle tree to near ground level. Reason - As per clients specification tree is showing advanced signs of ash dieback given proximity to the playground for children with learning disabilities removal is recommended. Priority Code - On. Tree Number - TPO 1 - Horse Chestnut (Aesculus Hippocastanum) approx diameter at 1.5m - 0.6m. approx height - 10m. Location - See map. Service - dead wood. work required - Remove all deadwood over 40mm in diameter and/or 1m in length. Reason - as per clients specification. Priority code - On.

Received
25 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Nascot
  1. Received25 Aug
  2. Validated29 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target24 Oct
  5. Decided16 Oct

Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 92A Langley Road Watford WD17 4PJ. Watford has handled 343 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer than Watford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 4PJ
Application type
Works to Preserved Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 August 2025
Target decision date
24 October 2025
Permission expires
16 October 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Billy Walsh West Hyde Nursery Old Uxbridge Road Maple Cross Hertfordshire WD3 9XY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14276166
Documents
6
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (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

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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.

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