87 - 89 High Street Abbots Langley Hertfordshire WD5 0AL Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Tree 203 - Common lime. Remove. The tree has basal decay identified and poses a risk to road users. Trees 202 - 211 and Trees 215 - 220. Lime. Raise crown bases over road as required to provide 5.5m height clearance to facilitate unrestricted access for high-side vehicles. Tree 215 (lime) prune branches to provide 1m clearance from bulb of street light. Trees 221, 222 and 223 - common lime. Pollard 221 and 223 back to former pollard points. Pollard Tree 222 to a new pollard framework at a height of 8 metres. These trees are in close proximity to building frontages and are becoming excessively dominant. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 17 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 24 Sept 2026
Documents 4
Decision & officer reports 1
Plans & drawings 1
Application forms 1
Other documents 1
Site constraints 6
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 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 £1,375,000 in July 2024. Other property, freehold.
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 in a conservation area
- Postcode
- WD5 0AL
- Received
- 9 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 9 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Abbots Langley And Bedmond
- Parish
- Abbots Langley Parish Council
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 20 Aug 2026
- Decision
- Consent given on work to Tree apps
- Decision date
- 17 Aug 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 39 days from validation, 11 days slower than Three Rivers's median of 28 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 89% 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 24 Sept 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-15072760
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-15072760
- Statutory expiry
- 20 Aug 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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.
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