Keepers Cottage Homefield Road Chorleywood Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 5QJ Data via plota.co.uk

26/0562/TCA - Works to trees in a conservation area Approved

Proposal

Conifer feel to ground Leylandii x 3 fell to gorund Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
8 Apr 2026
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Validated
20 Apr 2026
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Approved
18 May 2026

Approved on 18 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 18 Jul 2026

Site constraints 7

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.
Council document ↗
Local nature reserve about 137 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.
Also on the record
National landscape about 169 m away: Chilterns; Radon affected area, class 2; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Chorleywood built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · 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 £740,000 in November 2015. Semi-detached house, freehold.

27 November 2015£740,000
17 March 2011£500,000New build

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

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Important details

Application type
Works to trees in a conservation area
Postcode
WD3 5QJ
Received
8 Apr 2026
Validated
20 Apr 2026
Ward
Chorleywood North And Sarratt
Parish
Chorleywood Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
1 Jun 2026
Decision
Consent given on work to Tree apps
Decision date
18 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 28 days from validation, about the council's usual 28 days. Approved, as 89% of tree and landscaping works here are.

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-14839744
Planning Portal ref
PP-14839744
Statutory expiry
1 Jun 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

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