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St Thomas United Reformed Church 68 Langley Road Watford WD17 4PN

25/00893/TPOWorks to Preserved TreesPending Decision

Proposal

Works to trees under TPO143 - Cedar Tree to Reduce Back to previous pruning points of 2m

Received
6 October 2025
Decided
18 November 2025 · Tree Works Approved with conditions
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Nascot
Site boundary (council red line)
  1. Received6 Oct
  2. Validated6 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 Dec
  5. Decided18 Nov

Decided in 43 days (council typically 49)

7 weeks typical decision time in Watford99% of trees applications approved

This is a tree application at St Thomas United Reformed Church 68 Langley Road Watford WD17 4PN. Watford has handled 333 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 32 days. This one was decided in 43 days, 11 days longer than Watford's median. The site is in the Nascot conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Nascot. We hold 1,528 applications in total for the WD17 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
25/00893/TPO
Address
St Thomas United Reformed Church 68 Langley Road Watford WD17 4PN
Postcode
WD17 4PN
Local Authority
Watford
Application Type
Works to Preserved Trees
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Conditions
Current Status
Approved
Ward
Nascot

Applicant & Agent

Applicant Address
Ar Rahmah Trust Unit 17, Orbital 25 Business Park Dwight Road Watford Hertfordshire WD18 9DA

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
6 October 2025
Target Decision Date
1 December 2025
Date Decided
18 November 2025
Date Validated
6 October 2025
Date Submitted
6 October 2025
Permission Expires
18 November 2027

Planning Decision

Decision
Tree Works Approved with conditions
Decided By
Delegated Decision
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14382492
Comments
1
Documents
5
Constraints
4
Coordinates
51.665222, -0.404121
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Watford

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Planning constraints

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

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 2026-10-09. 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.

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