Sefton Park Bells Hill Stoke Poges Buckinghamshire

PL/20/1525/TPWorks to trees covered by TPOApproved

Approved on 12 August 2020

Council decision: Conditional permissionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

T305 silver birch - fell, T223 beech - crown lift to 3m above ground level and crown shape northern aspect of canopy by up to 2-3m. (TPO 1,1947).

Received: 13 May 2020
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Chiltern South Bucks
Ward: Stoke Poges & Wexham

ReceivedReceived13 May
ValidatedValidated13 May
Consult.Consultation24 Jun
TargetTarget Date8 Jul
DecidedDecided12 Aug

Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Sefton Park Bells Hill Stoke Poges Buckinghamshire. Chiltern South Bucks has handled 1,703 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Chiltern South Bucks's typical decision time. There have been 11 other applications at this address.

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

Application type: Works to trees covered by TPO
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Stoke Poges Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 13 May 2020
Consultation expiry: 11 August 2020
Consultation start: 3 June 2020
Consultation end: 24 June 2020
Last date for comments: 11 August 2020
Target decision date: 8 July 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent: John O'Conner
Agent address: 2 Great North Road Welwyn AL6 0PL

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 21 July 2020
Site notice end: 11 August 2020

Additional information

Documents: 6

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Tree Preservation Order: TPO/SBDC/1998/12Protected tree on or next to this site
Green belt: Buckinghamshire
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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Source: Chiltern South Bucks

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