103 Hempstead Road Watford WD17 3HE

26/00322/TPO55 day notice - works to trees with TPOApproved

Approved on 28 April 2026

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

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

5 day notice works to tree application to fell dead Sycamore protected tree under TPO. no.3

Received: 23 April 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: Watford Borough Council
Ward: Park

ReceivedReceived23 Apr
ValidatedValidated23 Apr
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date30 Apr
DecidedDecided28 Apr

Decided in 5 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 103 Hempstead Road Watford WD17 3HE. Watford has handled 343 applications of this type. This one was decided in 5 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 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 3HE
Application type: 5 day notice - works to trees with TPO
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 April 2026
Target decision date: 30 April 2026
Permission expires: 28 April 2031

Planning decision

Statutory period: 7 days

Additional information

Documents: 10
Constraints: 1

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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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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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Watford

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