The Chorleywood Beaumont Chorleywood Lodge Lane Chorleywood Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 5BY Data via plota.co.uk

26/1472/TCA - Works to trees in a conservation area Awaiting decision

Proposal

Sycamore (T14) - Sectionally dismantle down to ground level. Large dead tree which overhangs road and public footpath. Risk of failure onto road/public footpath and causing injury/damage to road users. High target area. Cedar (T15) - Selective reduction of the most overextended limbs throughout crown, predominantly in the lower and mid crown, by a maximum of 1.5 metres, leaving limbs at a length of 9 metres on all aspects. Horse chestnut (T21) - Fell to ground level. Mixed species (G5) - Prune back to boundary fence, up to 2.4 metres above public footpath. Tree line is encroaching on public footpath and causing a hazard to users, as they are having to move closer to the road Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 7 Oct 2026, 18:10

Application progress

✓

Received

16 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 28 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 14 Oct 2026, from Three Rivers's recent tree and landscaping works.

Documents 6

Site constraints 9

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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Chorleywood Common 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.

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Local nature reserve about 81 m away: Chorleywood Common

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 2

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

National landscape about 23 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

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Chorleywood built-up area; 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 7 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.

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Important details

Council: Three Rivers
Application type: Works to trees in a conservation area
Postcode: WD3 5BY
Received: 16 Sept 2026
Validated: 16 Sept 2026
Ward: Chorleywood North And Sarratt
Parish: Chorleywood Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 28 Oct 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Decision outlook

Day 23 of the 56-day target. Three Rivers usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 28.

prediction

Day 2333 days to the 56-day target

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 →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 7 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15228521
Planning Portal ref: PP-15228521
Statutory expiry: 28 Oct 2026
Env. assessment: No

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

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

The Chorleywood Beaumont Chorleywood Lodge Lane Chorleywood Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 5BY Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 6

Statements & assessments 2

Plans & drawings 2

Application forms 1

Other documents 1

Site constraints 9

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