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53 Malden Road Watford WD17 4EN

26/00575/TPO55 day notice - works to trees with TPOApproved

Approved on 3 August 2026

Council decision: Tree Works ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Works to tree in conservation area - fell large tree directly against boundary wall of 48 Denmark Street due to causing damage to boundary wall

Received
27 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Nascot
  1. Received27 Jul
  2. Validated27 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Aug
  5. Decided3 Aug

Decided in 7 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 53 Malden Road Watford WD17 4EN. Watford has handled 343 applications of this type. This one was decided in 7 days, 6 weeks quicker than Watford's typical decision time. The site is in the Bath conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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 4EN
Application type
5 day notice - works to trees with TPO
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 July 2026
Target decision date
3 August 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
7 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15108762
Documents
7
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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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