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3 Little Shardeloes Amersham Buckinghamshire HP7 0EF

PL/25/0937/KAWorks to trees in Conservation AreaRefused

Refused on 30 April 2025

Council decision: TPO shall not be madeDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 and T2 cypress - fell to ground level (Conservation Area: Amersham Old Town).

Received
21 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Former Penn Wood & Old Amersham
  1. Received21 Mar
  2. Validated21 Mar
  3. Consult.30 Apr
  4. Target2 May
  5. Decided30 Apr

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 3 Little Shardeloes Amersham Buckinghamshire HP7 0EF. Buckinghamshire has handled 1,085 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Buckinghamshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Amersham conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 3 applications across Former Penn Wood & Old Amersham. We hold 2,558 applications in total for the HP7 postcode area.

45% of trees applications at Buckinghamshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
HP7 0EF
Application type
Works to trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Amersham

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 March 2025
Consultation expiry
30 April 2025
Consultation start
9 April 2025
Consultation end
30 April 2025
Last date for comments
30 April 2025
Target decision date
2 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ridgeway Woodlands
Agent address
33 Hillway Amersham HP7 0JL

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Next to the site
  • Conservation area: Amersham
  • Listed building: Grade II: 1, 2 and 3, Little ShardeloesOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Whole District excluding the Town of Chesham - Poultry production.
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, tree preservation orders, 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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    29 Jan

    Tree work as on the schedule. (Amersham Conservation Area)

    PendingWorks to trees in Conservation AreaPL/26/00736/KA
  2. 2025
    14 Nov

    Certificate of lawfulness for proposed fenestration alterations

    RefusedCertificate of Lawful Use - ProposedPL/25/5605/SA
  3. 2025
    20 Aug

    T3 cypress - fell (Amersham Old Town Conservation Area)

    PendingWorks to trees in Conservation AreaPL/25/3040/KA
  4. 2023
    21 Jun

    T1 and T2 cypress - fell to ground level (Amersham Old Town Conservation Area)

    RefusedWorks to trees in CAPL/23/2051/KA
  5. 2023
    16 May

    T1 sycamore - remove deadwood in top of tree and reduce remaining crown by up to 3m in longest areas above…

    RefusedWorks to trees in CAPL/23/1593/KA
  6. 2013
    4 Jul

    Removal of two cypresses and crown raising of two sycamores, a beech and a cypress - all within a…

    RefusedWorks to trees in CACH/2013/1146/KA

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