Flat 4 52 Rickmansworth Road Watford WD18 7HT

25/00871/TPO55 day notice - works to trees with TPOApproved

Approved on 1 October 2025

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

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

Proposal

Works to fell dangerous tree -Walnut under TPO.277 in rear garden very near the house due to root rot and tree leaning

Received: 24 September 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Watford Borough Council
Ward: Park

ReceivedReceived24 Sep
ValidatedValidated24 Sep
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date1 Oct
DecidedDecided1 Oct

Decided in 7 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Flat 4 52 Rickmansworth Road Watford WD18 7HT. Watford has handled 343 applications of this type. This one was decided in 7 days, 6 weeks quicker than Watford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Park. We hold 323 applications in total for the WD18 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: WD18 7HT
Application type: 5 day notice - works to trees with TPO
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 24 September 2025
Target decision date: 1 October 2025
Permission expires: 1 October 2030

Planning decision

Statutory period: 7 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14354901
Comments: 0
Documents: 4
Constraints: 2

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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.

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Source: Watford

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