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24-26 Claret House The Avenue And 16 Essex Road Watford Hertfordshire WD17 4NR

26/00235/TPOWorks to Preserved TreesApproved

Approved on 29 April 2026

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

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Works to trees under TPO.68 - T1 Sycamore 16 Essex Road- reduce overhanging limbs to car park of 24 The Avenue by up to 2m, T2 Hazel and self set Sycamore stems 16 Essex Road- reduce overhang limbs to car park of 24 The Avenue by up to 2m, T3 Cherry within car park of 24 The Avenue crown reduce by up to 3m to reshape and compact crown

Received
19 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Nascot
  1. Received19 Mar
  2. Validated19 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 May
  5. Decided29 Apr

Decided in 41 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 24-26 Claret House The Avenue And 16 Essex Road Watford Hertfordshire WD17 4NR. Watford has handled 343 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 8 days quicker than Watford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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 4NR
Application type
Works to Preserved Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 March 2026
Target decision date
14 May 2026
Permission expires
29 April 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Liz Smith PO Box 401 Hertford SG13 9LD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14791255
Documents
7
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: NascotPart of the site
  • 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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