26 Ash Close Abbots Langley Hertfordshire WD5 0DN Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
1 x Sycamore Tree (T10) Reduction by 35 to 40%. Tree has grown significantly. It's now blocking large amounts of natural light during morning & early afternoon, it's heavily impacting solar generation and also becoming an insurance issue. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 30 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 1 Oct 2026
Documents 7
Decision & officer reports 1
Plans & drawings 2
Application forms 1
Site constraints 2
Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 2
Last sold for £575,000 in December 2013. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in June 2013, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Three Rivers
- Application type
- Works to trees covered by a Tree Pres O
- Postcode
- WD5 0DN
- Received
- 31 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 3 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Gade Valley
- Parish
- Abbots Langley Parish Council
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 28 Sept 2026
- Decision
- Refusal of work to Tree applications
- Decision date
- 30 Sept 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 58 days from validation, 30 days slower than Three Rivers's median of 28 for tree and landscaping works. Refused, as 11% of tree and landscaping works here are.
Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Three Rivers in the last twelve months, from validation. Three Rivers decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 1 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-15126652
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-15126652
- Statutory expiry
- 28 Sept 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
29 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
Three Rivers is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #30 out of 296. Only 24% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) than the national average (90%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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