Beechwood Lodge 18 Essex Road Watford
Approved on 5 January 2026
Council decision: Tree Works ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Works to trees in conservation area - T4 Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata) - Reduce and shape height by approx 1.5m to reduce wind sail and lever action on weak unions. Trim NE side of crown to maintain clearance from neighbours building, T7 Juniperis sp. - Reduce and shape height by approx 1.5m to reduce wind sail and lever action on included union, G10 Lawsons Cypress (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana) - Fell dead tree as close to ground as possible.
- Received
- 26 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Watford Borough Council
- Ward
- Nascot
- ReceivedReceived26 Nov
- ValidatedValidated26 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date7 Jan
- DecidedDecided5 Jan
Decided in 40 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at Beechwood Lodge 18 Essex Road Watford. Watford has handled 343 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 9 days quicker than Watford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Nascot.
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
- Application type
- Works to Trees in Conservation Areas
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 7 January 2026
- Permission expires
- 5 January 2028
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-14515475
- Documents
- 5
- Constraints
- 3
Site 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.
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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
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202624 Jun
Works to trees in a Conservation area - Tree numbers - T8 Lawsons Cypress (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana)…
PendingApplication26/00477/TCA - 202519 Jun
Works to tree/s in Nascot Conservation area - Lawsons Cypress (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana) - Consider removal…
PendingWorks to Trees in Conservation Areas25/00577/TCA - 20248 Aug
Works to trees in a Conservation Area: T1 Sycamore-Remove major deadwood over 40mm diameter and/or over 1m…
ApprovedWorks to Trees in Conservation Areas24/00750/TCA
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