Apsley House 28 High Street Amersham Buckinghamshire HP7 0DJ
Approved on 2 December 2020
Council decision: Conditional permissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T2 Sycamore - shorten the longest branches overhanging Chimney Cottage (CDC TPO 1992, 012)
- Received
- 7 October 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Chiltern South Bucks
- Ward
- Penn Wood & Old Amersham
- Agent
- The Tree People Ltd
- ReceivedReceived7 Oct
- ValidatedValidated7 Oct
- Consult.Consultation2 Nov
- TargetTarget Date2 Dec
- DecidedDecided2 Dec
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Apsley House 28 High Street Amersham Buckinghamshire HP7 0DJ. Chiltern South Bucks has handled 1,703 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Amersham conservation area, with 19 listed buildings nearby. There have been 12 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 0DJ
- Application type
- Works to trees covered by TPO
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Amersham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 October 2020
- Consultation expiry
- 3 November 2020
- Consultation start
- 12 October 2020
- Consultation end
- 2 November 2020
- Neighbour consultation start
- 13 October 2020
- Neighbour consultation end
- 3 November 2020
- Last date for comments
- 3 November 2020
- Target decision date
- 2 December 2020
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- The Tree People Ltd
- Agent address
- 76A Chapel Lane High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP12 4BS
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 3
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Amersham
- Article 4 direction: Whole District excluding the Town of Chesham - Poultry production.
- Tree Preservation Order: TPO/1993/007Part of the site · +1 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)
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Associated applications
- 20207 Oct
T1 - Sweet Chestnut - Shorten the branches overhanging Chimney Cottage, and T3 Leylandii hedge - reduce top…
RefusedWorks to trees in CAFiled alongsidePL/20/3325/KA - 20207 Oct
T2 Sycamore - shorten the longest branches overhanging Chimney Cottage (CDC TPO 1992, 012)
This applicationApprovedTreesPL/20/3370/TP
Planning history at this site
11 other applications at this property, newest first.
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PendingWorks to trees in Conservation AreaPL/26/08552/KA - 202313 Mar
T1 cypress - dismantle and remove (Amersham Old Town Conservation Area )
RefusedWorks to trees in Conservation AreaPL/23/0884/KA - 202215 Aug
Alterations to rear kitchen extension, replacement of second floor rear window, gates to drive to replace…
PendingFull ApplicationPL/22/2760/FA - 202215 Aug
Listed Building Consent for alterations to rear kitchen extension, replacement of second floor rear window…
PendingListed building consentPL/22/2761/HB - 20148 Apr
Detached dwelling served by existing access, laying of hardstanding
RefusedFull ApplicationCH/2014/0631/FA - 201330 Sep
Removal of a holly, crown lifting of two sycamores and a whitebeam, and removal of a branch from a sycamore…
RefusedWorks to trees in CACH/2013/1609/KA - 201330 Sep
Crown lifting of three poplars and a sycamore - all protected by Tree Preservation Orders
ApprovedWorks to trees covered by TPOCH/2013/1610/TP - 201331 May
Removal of four conifers and a cherry tree and height reduction of a group of conifers and a hazel tree all…
RefusedWorks to trees in CACH/2013/0913/KA - 201221 Aug
Trimming of branches of two cypresses, two elders, a hornbeam and a beech overhanging Sunnybank, The Platt…
RefusedWorks to trees in CACH/2012/1334/KA - 201020 Sep
Crown lifting of a sycamore tree protected by a Tree Preservation Order
ApprovedWorks to trees covered by TPOCH/2010/1500/TP - 200818 Nov
Crown reduction of two beech trees within a Conservation Area
RefusedWorks to trees in CACH/2008/1840/KA
Source: Chiltern South Bucks
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