Havenscroft Hedsor Road Hedsor Buckinghamshire SL8 5EE
Refused on 26 February 2026
Council decision: TPO shall not be madeDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T1 - T2 Fir and Leylandii - Reduce the height down by 3.5m . T3 - T4 Firs - Take down to ground level. T5 Sycamore - Crown lift to give 1.5m, clear of roof. (Hedsor Road and Riversdale Conservation Area)
- Received
- 26 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Buckinghamshire Council
- Ward
- Flackwell Heath and The Wooburns
- Agent
- R Watts & Sons Ltd
- ReceivedReceived26 Jan
- ValidatedValidated26 Jan
- Consult.Consultation17 Feb
- TargetTarget Date9 Mar
- DecidedDecided26 Feb
Decided in 31 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Havenscroft Hedsor Road Hedsor Buckinghamshire SL8 5EE. Buckinghamshire has handled 1,085 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 4 weeks quicker than Buckinghamshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Hedsor Road and Riversdale conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 160 applications across Flackwell Heath and The Wooburns. We hold 584 applications in total for the SL8 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
- SL8 5EE
- Application type
- Works to trees in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wooburn and Bourne End
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 17 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 27 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 17 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 17 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 9 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- R Watts & Sons Ltd
- Agent address
- Unit 3 Abbeyholm Nashdom Lane Burnham SL1 8NJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 3
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Hedsor Road and Riversdale
- Article 4 direction: Former Wycombe Rural District - 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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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202623 Jul
Alterations to fenestration and internal alterations.
PendingFull ApplicationPL/26/05914/FA - 202423 Dec
Reduce height by approximately 4 - 5 metres down to the fork to contain and maintain x 1 Silver Birch (T1)
ApprovedTree Works in Conservation Area24/08093/CTREE - 202411 Nov
Tip reduce by 1m on whole crown to contain size in garden x 1 Beech (T1), sectional fell due to historic…
ApprovedTree Works in Conservation Area24/07710/CTREE
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