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Tesco Stores Limited 239 - 241 Lower High Street Watford WD17 2BD

26/00489/TPOWorks to Preserved TreesAwaiting decision
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Works to trees, Group TPO.120 (see tree survey report)

Received
26 June 2026
Decision due
21 August 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Central
  1. Received26 Jun
  2. Validated26 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target21 Aug
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a tree application at Tesco Stores Limited 239 - 241 Lower High Street Watford WD17 2BD. Watford has handled 343 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 26 June 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There have been 4 other applications 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 2BD
Application type
Works to Preserved Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Kingfisher House Radford Way Billericay CM12 0EQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15040036
Documents
9
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Brownfield land register: Land at Tesco, Lower High StreetRegister site at or near this address · +1 more

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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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.

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