Old Mill Barn Solesbridge Lane Chorleywood Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 5SX Data via plota.co.uk

26/1178/TCA - Works to trees in a conservation area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Beech tree (T.01): Height - Approximately 15M, Reduction from the top - 5.25M Elm tree (T.02): Height - Approximately 18M, Reduction from the top - 7.2M Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
21 Jul 2026
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Validated
22 Jul 2026
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Approved
9 Sept 2026

Approved on 9 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 10 Sept 2026

Documents 17

Decision & officer reports 10

PDF TREE - TCTCAZ TEMPLATE - CONSENT Decision · 9 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF TREE - TCTCAZ TEMPLATE - CONSENT Decision · 9 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF TREE - TCTCAZ TEMPLATE - CONSENT Decision · 9 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF TREE - TCTCAZ TEMPLATE - CONSENT Decision · 9 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF TREE - TCTCAZ TEMPLATE - CONSENT Decision · 9 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF TREE - TCTCAZ TEMPLATE - CONSENT Decision · 9 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF TREE - TCTCAZ TEMPLATE - CONSENT Decision · 9 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF TREE - TCTCAZ TEMPLATE - CONSENT Decision · 9 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF TREE - TCTCAZ TEMPLATE - CONSENT Decision · 9 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF TREE - TCTCAZ TEMPLATE - CONSENT Decision · 9 Sept 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 2

PDF LOCATION PLAN Drawing · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF SKETCH PLAN Drawing · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗

Other documents 4

PDF BEECH TREE PHOTO 1 Photo · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF BEECH TREE PHOTO 2 Photo · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF ELM TREE PHOTO 1 Photo · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF ELM TREE PHOTO 2 Photo · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 13

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Barn 13 Metres South East of Solesbridge Mill House, Grade II, about 3 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Show all 2 with distances
Historic England ↗
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.
Read the government guidance ↗
Outer Loudwater conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From rivers. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
Local nature reserve about 230 m away: Chorleywood House Estate
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
National landscape about 26 m away: Chilterns
Outside the landscape; its setting can still be raised.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Flood defence about 13 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 5 year flood); Inside the Chorleywood built-up area; Air quality management area about 12 m away: Chorley Wood NO2 AQMA; Priority habitat about 27 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
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 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 £1,182,500 in September 2024. Detached house, freehold.

More than one property is recorded at this address: HM Land Registry does not always give the flat or unit.

23 September 2024£1,182,500One of 2 sales recorded that day
23 September 2024£1,000,001Other property. Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale. One of 2 sales recorded that day

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
WD3 5SX
Received
21 Jul 2026
Validated
22 Jul 2026
Ward
Chorleywood North And Sarratt
Parish
Chorleywood Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
2 Sept 2026
Decision
Consent given on work to Tree apps
Decision date
9 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Archplan Designs Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 49 days from validation, 18 days slower than Three Rivers's median of 31 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 88% of tree and landscaping works here are.

90%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
433decided 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 →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 10 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
2 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
Laundry Cottage Solesbridge Lane Chorleywood Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 5SX
1) Dead tree just next to the house and leaning on the roof which needs to be removed - r…
24/1880/DDD
2024 Approved
Laundry Cottage Solesbridge Lane Chorleywood Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 5SX
Trees behind the garage - x 12 - reduce by 12-15m to get those below the roof height. Tre…
24/1346/TCA
2023 Withdrawn
Old Mill House Solesbridge Lane Chorleywood Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 5SX
Listed Building Consent: Alterations to fenestration including replacement of 5no. window…
23/1213/LBC
2023 Withdrawn
Old Mill House Solesbridge Lane Chorleywood Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 5SX
Listed Building Consent: Alterations to fenestration including replacement of 5no. window…
23/1213/LBC
2023 Withdrawn
Old Mill House Solesbridge Lane Chorleywood Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 5SX
Alterations to fenestration including replacement of 5no. windows; repairs and replacemen…
23/1212/FUL
2023 Withdrawn
Old Mill House Solesbridge Lane Chorleywood Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 5SX
Alterations to fenestration including replacement of 5no. windows; repairs and replacemen…
23/1212/FUL
2022 Approved
The White Bungalow Solesbridge Lane Chorleywood Hertfordshire WD3 5SX
Loft conversion including rear dormer window and front rooflights
22/2279/FUL
2022 Approved
The White Bungalow Solesbridge Lane Chorleywood Hertfordshire WD3 5SX
Loft conversion including rear dormer window and front rooflights
22/2279/FUL
2022 Approved
Laundry Cottage Solesbridge Lane Chorleywood Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 5SX
Ash - front of property - Overall crown reduction - 10-15 meters in height and 10-15 mete…
22/2371/TCA
2022 Approved
Laundry Cottage Solesbridge Lane Chorleywood Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 5SX
Ash - front of property - Overall crown reduction - 10-15 meters in height and 10-15 mete…
22/2371/TCA
2022 Approved
Old Mill House Solesbridge Lane Chorleywood Hertfordshire WD3 5SX
1 x Cypress - Felling of tree
22/2117/TCA
2022 Approved
Old Mill House Solesbridge Lane Chorleywood Hertfordshire WD3 5SX
1 x Cypress - Felling of tree
22/2117/TCA
2022 Approved
Laundry Cottage Solesbridge Lane Chorleywood Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 5SX
Tree - dead - remove
22/2334/DDD
2022 Approved
Laundry Cottage Solesbridge Lane Chorleywood Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 5SX
Tree - dead - remove
22/2334/DDD
2020 Withdrawn
Barn South East Of Old Mill House Solesbridge Lane Chorleywood WD3 5SX
Variation to Condition 2 (approved plans) relating to Listed Building Consent 20/0655/LBC…
20/1485/LBC
2020 Withdrawn
Barn South East Of Old Mill House Solesbridge Lane Chorleywood WD3 5SX
Variation to Condition 2 (approved plans) relating to Listed Building Consent 20/0655/LBC…
20/1485/LBC
2020
Barn South East Of Old Mill House Solesbridge Lane Chorleywood WD3 5SX
Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans) of planning permission 20/0654/FUL (Conversion…
20/1476/FUL
2020
Barn South East Of Old Mill House Solesbridge Lane Chorleywood WD3 5SX
Variation to Condition 2 (approved plans) relating to Listed Building Consent 20/0655/LBC…
20/1485/FUL
2020
Barn South East Of Old Mill House Solesbridge Lane Chorleywood WD3 5SX
Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans) of planning permission 20/0654/FUL (Conversion…
20/1476/FUL
2020
Barn South East Of Old Mill House Solesbridge Lane Chorleywood WD3 5SX
Variation to Condition 2 (approved plans) relating to Listed Building Consent 20/0655/LBC…
20/1485/FUL
2018 Refused
Barn South East Of Old Mill House Solesbridge Lane Chorleywood WD3 5SX
Listed Building Consent: Conversion of the existing agricultural barn into residential us…
18/0511/LBC
2016 Refused
River Cottage Solesbridge Lane Chorleywood Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 5SX
Demolition of part of an existing garage block, and the discharge of the Section 52 Agree…
16/0209/FUL
2016 Refused
River Cottage Solesbridge Lane Chorleywood Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 5SX
Demolition of part of an existing garage block, and the discharge of the Section 52 Agree…
16/0209/FUL
2016 Approved
The White Bungalow Solesbridge Lane Chorleywood Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 5SX
Various tree works
16/0035/TCA
2016 Approved
The White Bungalow Solesbridge Lane Chorleywood Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 5SX
Various tree works
16/0035/TCA
Three Rivers
Planning Authority Score
7.3/10
Good
#54 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.