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Chimney Cottage The Platt Amersham Buckinghamshire HP7 0HX

PL/20/3319/KAWorks to trees in CARefused

Refused on 16 November 2020

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

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Proposal

T1 & T2 - Cherry plum - Lightly lift from roadside and shorten overhang on the garden face (Amersham Conservation Area)

Received
6 October 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Chiltern South Bucks
Ward
Penn Wood & Old Amersham
Agent
The Tree People Ltd
  1. Received6 Oct
  2. Validated6 Oct
  3. Consult.28 Oct
  4. Target17 Nov
  5. Decided16 Nov

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Chimney Cottage The Platt Amersham Buckinghamshire HP7 0HX. Chiltern South Bucks has handled 1,703 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Chiltern South Bucks's typical decision time. The site is in the Amersham conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. We hold 2,558 applications in total for the HP7 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
HP7 0HX
Application type
Works to trees in CA
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Amersham

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 October 2020
Consultation expiry
28 October 2020
Consultation start
7 October 2020
Consultation end
28 October 2020
Last date for comments
28 October 2020
Target decision date
17 November 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Tree People Ltd
Agent address
76A Chapel Lane High Wycombe HP12 4BS

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: Amersham
  • Listed building: Grade II: Chimney CottageOn this site · +1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Whole District excluding the Town of Chesham - Poultry production.
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO/1992/012Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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.

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    27 May

    T1 Lilac, T2 Cotoneaster - fell to ground level and G1 Leylandii - reduce to approx 2.4m (Conservation Area…

    RefusedWorks to trees in CAPL/24/1620/KA
  2. 2022
    2 Feb

    Demolition of existing outbuilding and erection of single storey side extension

    RefusedFull ApplicationPL/21/4841/FA
  3. 2022
    2 Feb

    Listed building consent for demolition of existing outbuilding and erection of single storey side extension

    RefusedListed building consentPL/21/4828/HB
  4. 2021
    14 Apr

    Listed building consent for demolition of existing outbuilding and erection of single storey side extension

    RefusedListed building consentPL/21/1315/HB
  5. 2021
    14 Apr

    Demolition of existing outbuilding and erection of single storey side extension

    RefusedFull ApplicationPL/21/1314/FA
  6. 2010
    20 Sep

    Felling of an apple tree and crown lifting of a hawthorn - both within a Conservation Area

    RefusedWorks to trees in CACH/2010/1501/KA

Source: Chiltern South Bucks

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