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April Cottage Gold Hill East Chalfont St Peter Buckinghamshire SL9 9DG

PL/18/4485/KAWorks to trees in CARefused

Refused on 7 January 2019

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Hornbeam (T1)-crown thinning in a conservation area.

Received
26 November 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Chiltern South Bucks
Ward
Gold Hill
Agent
Fineland Forestry Ltd
  1. Received26 Nov
  2. Validated26 Nov
  3. Consult.27 Dec
  4. Target7 Jan
  5. Decided7 Jan

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at April Cottage Gold Hill East Chalfont St Peter Buckinghamshire SL9 9DG. Chiltern South Bucks has handled 1,703 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Chiltern South Bucks's typical decision time. The site is in the Gold Hill East conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,362 applications in total for the SL9 postcode area.

58% of trees applications at Chiltern South Bucks were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SL9 9DG
Application type
Works to trees in CA
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chalfont St Peter

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 November 2018
Consultation expiry
27 December 2018
Consultation start
4 December 2018
Consultation end
27 December 2018
Last date for comments
27 December 2018
Target decision date
7 January 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
Fineland Forestry Ltd
Agent address
Willow Down 5 Cross Lanes Chalfont St Peter Buckinghamshire SL9 0LR

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: Gold Hill East
  • Article 4 direction: Whole District excluding the Town of Chesham - 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

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    10 Nov

    Reduce the height of the leylandii hedge by 2m (Gold Hill East Conservation Area)

    RefusedWorks to trees in Conservation AreaPL/25/5426/KA
  2. 2023
    1 Nov

    Hornbeam - reduce by approximately one third and shape (3.5m); yew - fell; Leylandii hedge - trim (Gold Hill…

    RefusedWorks to trees in CAPL/23/3509/KA
  3. 2022
    4 Oct

    T1 tree of heaven - reduce to previous pruning marks, T2 conifer hedge - reduce to level of wall on boundary…

    RefusedWorks to trees in CAPL/22/3463/KA
  4. 2018
    16 Jul

    Pruning of branches of a hornbeam overhanging Sunrise, Cherry Tree Lane - tree within a Conservation Area

    RefusedWorks to trees in CAPL/18/2720/KA
  5. 2016
    30 Aug

    Pruning of a hornbeam and a tree of heaven - both within a Conservation Area

    RefusedWorks to trees in CACH/2016/1585/KA

Source: Chiltern South Bucks

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