Spinneys Harefield Road Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 1PS Data via plota.co.uk

26/0451/TPO - Works to trees covered by a Tree Pres O Approved

Proposal

T1 Remove Beech (10-12m) down to ground level/safe height due to ganoderma at base. The base of the tree has crumbling bark and shows signs of butt rot. Concerns of structural instability It is situated on the roadside boundary and needs to be removed for safety reasons. Replanting will take place Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 09:17

Application progress

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Received

19 Mar 2026

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Approved

1 Jun 2026

Approved on 1 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 26 Jul 2026

Documents 5

Site constraints 5

Green belt: London

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; National infrastructure project about 1373 m away: Expansion of Heathrow Airport (Third Runway), at pre-application.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, 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 1

Last sold for £950,000 in July 2015. Terraced house, freehold.

30 July 2015£950,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council: Three Rivers
Application type: Works to trees covered by a Tree Pres O
Postcode: WD3 1PS
Received: 19 Mar 2026
Validated: 19 Mar 2026
Ward: Rickmansworth Town
Parish: Batchworth Community Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 14 May 2026
Decision: Consent given on work to Tree apps
Decision date: 1 Jun 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: - A. Miles Tree Services

How this decision compares

Decided in 74 days from validation, 46 days slower than Three Rivers's median of 28 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 89% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one74d

Council28d

UK36d

92%decided within 8 weeks

89%approved

322decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Three Rivers in the last twelve months, from validation. Three Rivers decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14782045
Planning Portal ref: PP-14782045
Statutory expiry: 14 May 2026
Env. assessment: No

Three Rivers

Planning Authority Score

7.3/10

Good

#54 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

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%).

Faster than most councils

for householder decisions

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Three Rivers decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

89%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #145 of 296

91%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #184 of 296

82%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #30 of 296

24%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #28 of 296

85%

Minor dwellings approved

62 decided (1-9 homes)

63%

Major dwellings approved

8 decided (10+ homes)

94%

Change of use approved

17 decided

819

Total decisions

86 refused in the year to March 2026

Spinneys Harefield Road Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 1PS Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 5

Decision & officer reports 1

Plans & drawings 1

Application forms 1

Other documents 2