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Proposal
Works to trees under TPO 184: T1 purple beech rear garden central. Goals: Remove disease dead wood, reduce size of crown height, reduce spread of crown all cardinal points, reduce density, Provide of clearance. Specifications: remove dead branches as needed, entire canopy, reduce live branches as needed, reduce height by 2.5m, reduce all live, interfering, over-extended branches, 3-4 metres length reduction, growing toward both neighbours gardens and 50 Rickmansworth Road, Remove 20 percent of live, diseased, rubbing branches, entire canopy, remove live, interfering branches as needed, lift lower canopy up to 8-9M from ground. Species Location. T2 Eucalyptus rear garden, Goals: begin the annual pollarding process down to a height of 5-6m. Specifications: remove all live branches, entire canopy. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 19 Nov 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 18 Oct 2026
Documents 4
Decision & officer reports 1
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 1
Other documents 1
Site constraints 2
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Important details
- Council
- Watford
- Application type
- Works to Preserved Trees
- Postcode
- WD18 7HT
- Received
- 8 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 8 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Park
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 3 Dec 2025
- Decision
- Tree Works Approved with conditions
- Decision date
- 19 Nov 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Bartlett Tree Experts
How this decision compares
Decided in 42 days from validation, about the council's usual 40 days. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.
Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Watford in the last twelve months, from validation. Watford decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 18 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14391312
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14391312
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
26 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
Watford is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #41 out of 296. Only 21% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Watford is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 81% approved vs 90% nationally.
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