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Darling Cottage The Platt Amersham Buckinghamshire HP7 0HX

PL/25/6001/KAWorks to trees in Conservation AreaRefused

Refused on 6 January 2026

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - Hornbeam in front garden - Reduce and shape by 3 metres. T2 - Crab Apple in front garden - Reduce and shape by 1 metre. T3 - Hornbeams x 2 in back garden - Reduce and shape by 2 metres. T4 - Rowans x 2 - Reduce and shape by 1.5 metres. T5 - Elder reduce and shape by 2.5 metres. T6 - Crab Apple in back garden - Reduce and shape by 2 metres. T7 - Ash in back garden - Remove to near ground level. (Amersham Conservation Area).

Received
28 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Amersham and Chesham Bois
Agent
Penn Tree Services Ltd
  1. Received28 Nov
  2. Validated28 Nov
  3. Consult.22 Dec
  4. Target9 Jan
  5. Decided6 Jan

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Darling Cottage The Platt Amersham Buckinghamshire HP7 0HX. Buckinghamshire has handled 1,085 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker than Buckinghamshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Amersham conservation area, with 14 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 226 applications across Amersham and Chesham Bois. 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 0HX
Application type
Works to trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Amersham

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 November 2025
Consultation expiry
22 December 2025
Consultation start
1 December 2025
Consultation end
22 December 2025
Last date for comments
22 December 2025
Target decision date
9 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Penn Tree Services Ltd
Agent address
Lower Farm House Lower Farm Lane Sandford On Thames Oxford OX4 4YR

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.

  • Conservation area: Amersham
  • Listed building: Grade II: Chimney CottageOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Whole District excluding the Town of Chesham - Poultry production.
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Buckinghamshire

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