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Abbotsbrook Hall Marlow Road Bourne End Buckinghamshire SL8 5PQ

PL/26/00742/KAWorks to trees in Conservation AreaRefused

Refused on 23 March 2026

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Fell to high stump (2m) x 1 Hornbeam (T020), raising of the crown as required to create 1.5m-2m over neighbouring roof as the branches are currently touching and resting on the neighbour's roof x 1 Goat Willow (T025), raising of the crown as required to create 1.5m-2m as the branches are currently touching and resting on the neighbour's roof x 1 Goat Willow (T026), reduce tips of side branch towards nursery by 2-3 m to reduce weight and asymmetry of elongated branch above defective fork x 1 Common Ash (T016) and re-pollard back to previous reduction points by approx 2 - 3 metres re-pollard the tree at regular intervals to manage new growth x 1 Lime (T028)

Received
3 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chiltern Villages
Agent
Calibra Tree Surgeons Ltd
  1. Received3 Feb
  2. Validated3 Feb
  3. Consult.26 Feb
  4. Target17 Mar
  5. Decided23 Mar

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Abbotsbrook Hall Marlow Road Bourne End Buckinghamshire SL8 5PQ. Buckinghamshire has handled 1,085 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than Buckinghamshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Abbotsbrook conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 150 applications across Chiltern Villages. 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 5PQ
Application type
Works to trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Little Marlow

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 February 2026
Consultation expiry
26 February 2026
Consultation start
5 February 2026
Consultation end
26 February 2026
Last date for comments
26 February 2026
Target decision date
17 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Calibra Tree Surgeons Ltd
Agent address
Lane End Cottage Warfield Street Warfield RG42 6AR United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Abbotsbrook+1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Former Wycombe Rural District - Poultry Production
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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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