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White Cottage The Avenue Bourne End Buckinghamshire SL8 5RD

PL/26/03547/KAWorks to trees in Conservation AreaRefused

Refused on 9 June 2026

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Ash - Reduce back to previous reduction points approximately 1.7m and crown clean, leaving a height of 15m and a spread of 10m - To contain height for light, T2 Yew - Tip reduction whole crown area by 1m, leaving3m high with 2.5m spread - to allow light through to Brook allowing more aquatic life, T3 Yew - Tip reduce whole crown area by 1.5m on longest laterals, leaving height of 4m and a spread of 2.5m, T4 Willow - Repollard leaving 4.5m high - 50% decayed, T5 Thorn - Reduce to 1.5m, stem to regrow - allowing more light to Brook, T6 Ash - Reduce height by 2m, leaving 13m high and lateral spread by 1.5m, leaving 4m spread - allow light through, T7 Ash - Sectional fell - due to Ash Die Back, T8 Thorn - Fell dead tree, T9 Laurel - Remove dead stem, tip reduce crown by 0.5m, leaving height of 3m and a spread of 1.7m - allow more light for aquatic plants, G1 Mixed spp - Sectional fell due to future landscape project to improve area and T10 Sycamore - Remove two lowest laterals for more light to Brook

Received
29 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chiltern Villages
Agent
R Watts & Sons Ltd
  1. Received29 Apr
  2. Validated29 Apr
  3. Consult.26 May
  4. Target10 Jun
  5. Decided9 Jun

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at White Cottage The Avenue Bourne End Buckinghamshire SL8 5RD. Buckinghamshire has handled 1,085 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Buckinghamshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Abbotsbrook conservation area. There have been 4 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 5RD
Application type
Works to trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Little Marlow

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 April 2026
Consultation expiry
26 May 2026
Consultation start
5 May 2026
Consultation end
26 May 2026
Last date for comments
26 May 2026
Target decision date
10 June 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
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Abbotsbrook
  • Article 4 direction: Former Wycombe Rural District - Poultry Production
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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