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50 Sotheron Road Watford WD17 2QA

25/00984/TCAWorks to Trees in Conservation AreasApproved

Approved on 1 December 2025

Council decision: Tree Works ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Works to various trees in conservation area including removing overhang from neighbours garden at number 48

Received
5 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Central
  1. Received5 Nov
  2. Validated5 Nov
  3. Consult.26 Nov
  4. Target17 Dec
  5. Decided1 Dec

Decided in 26 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 50 Sotheron Road Watford WD17 2QA. Watford has handled 343 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 3 weeks quicker than Watford's typical decision time. The site is in the Estcourt conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 2QA
Application type
Works to Trees in Conservation Areas
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 November 2025
Consultation expiry
26 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
26 November 2025
Target decision date
17 December 2025
Permission expires
1 December 2027

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14461566
Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Estcourt
  • 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 2026-11-03. 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.

Source: Watford

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