The Elms 16 High Street Sharnbrook Bedford MK44 1PG
Approved on 17 January 2024
Council decision: No Tree Preservation Order ServedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T1 - Location: first large sycamore on driveway. Crown lift the crown over the neighbouring driveway to approx 5m from ground level. T2 - Location: second large Sycamore on driveway. Remove major deadwood throughout the crown >25mm in diameter. T3 - Location: rear of the out buildings.Sycamore: Remove major deadwood throughout the crown >25mm in diameter. Crown lift and prune lower limbs to allow 2 m clearance of parking bays. T4 - Location: Multi-stemmed Sycamore to the rear of the garden. Crown lift to approx 4 m on the neighbouring side only, then laterally reduce the overhang to the neighbours property by removing up to 2 m from the radial extent.
- Received
- 20 December 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Ward
- Sharnbrook
- ReceivedReceived20 Dec
- ValidatedValidated20 Dec
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date24 Jan
- DecidedDecided17 Jan
Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at The Elms 16 High Street Sharnbrook Bedford MK44 1PG. Bedford has handled 326 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 3 weeks quicker than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in the Sharnbrook conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Sharnbrook. We hold 682 applications in total for the MK44 postcode area.
98% of trees applications at Bedford Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- MK44 1PG
- Application type
- Tree Conservation Area Determined
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Sharnbrook
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 December 2023
- Target decision date
- 24 January 2024
- Permission expires
- 17 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 40 Kimbolton Road Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 2NR
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 35 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12690695
- Comments
- 0
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Sharnbrook
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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