The Green Elm Close Amersham Buckinghamshire
Refused on 20 August 2021
Council decision: TPO shall not be madeDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Beech tree (T1) - Fell (Elm Close, Amersham-on-the-Hill Conservation Area).
- Received
- 12 July 2021
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Chiltern South Bucks
- Ward
- Amersham and Chesham Bois
- ReceivedReceived12 Jul
- ValidatedValidated12 Jul
- Consult.Consultation5 Aug
- TargetTarget Date23 Aug
- DecidedDecided20 Aug
Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at The Green Elm Close Amersham Buckinghamshire. Chiltern South Bucks has handled 1,703 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker than Chiltern South Bucks's typical decision time. The site is in the Elm Close conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,232 applications in total for the HP6 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
- HP6 5DD
- Application type
- Works to trees in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Amersham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 July 2021
- Consultation expiry
- 5 August 2021
- Consultation start
- 15 July 2021
- Consultation end
- 5 August 2021
- Last date for comments
- 5 August 2021
- Target decision date
- 23 August 2021
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Elm Close
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20253 Feb
T1 Norway maples x10 - pollard, T2 laurel and mixed hedges - cut and trim (Conservation Area: Elm Close)
RefusedWorks to trees in Conservation AreaPL/25/0225/KA - 201930 Sep
Pollarding of ten maple trees and crown work to trees overhanging the road - Elm Close Conservation Area
RefusedWorks to trees in Conservation AreaPL/19/3354/KA - 200211 Apr
REMOVAL OF A YEW, CROWN LIFTING OF A LIME AND A YEW AND REDUCTION AND THINNING OF LOWER BRANCHES OF A BEECH…
RefusedWorks to trees in Conservation AreaCH/2002/0024/KA - 200120 Sep
RE-POLLARDING OF TWELVE MAPLE TREES WITHIN A CONSERVATION AREA
RefusedWorks to trees in Conservation AreaCH/2001/0047/KA
Source: Chiltern South Bucks
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