The Old School House Village Road Dorney Buckinghamshire SL4 6QW

PL/21/4873/KAWorks to trees in CARefused

Refused on 31 January 2022

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

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Proposal

T1 hazel - tip back lateral limbs by 1m, T2 cherry - tip back lateral limbs by 2m and crown lift to 5m, T3 birch - fell, T6 blue Atlas cedar - tip back the longest lateral limb by 3m, T7 hawthorn - fell. (Dorney Conservation Area)

Received: 22 December 2021
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Chiltern South Bucks
Ward: Cliveden
Agent: R Watts & Sons Ltd

ReceivedReceived22 Dec
ValidatedValidated22 Dec
Consult.Consultation13 Jan
TargetTarget Date2 Feb
DecidedDecided31 Jan

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Old School House Village Road Dorney Buckinghamshire SL4 6QW. Chiltern South Bucks has handled 1,703 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Chiltern South Bucks's typical decision time. The site is in the Dorney conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 14 other applications at this address. We hold 1,043 applications in total for the SL4 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: SL4 6QW
Application type: Works to trees in CA
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Dorney Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 22 December 2021
Consultation expiry: 13 January 2022
Consultation start: 23 December 2021
Consultation end: 13 January 2022
Last date for comments: 13 January 2022
Target decision date: 2 February 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent: R Watts & Sons Ltd
Agent address: Unit 3 Abbeyholm Nashdom Lane Burnham Buckinghamshire SL1 8NJ

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.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Conservation area: Dorney
Listed building: Grade II: Shepherd'S CloseOn or next to this site
Tree Preservation Order: TPO/SBDC/2008/38Protected tree on or next to this site
Green belt: Buckinghamshire

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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.

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Associated applications

2021
22 Dec
T4 Deodar Cedar - Remove the lowest lateral limb back to source (approx. 1m). (TPO/SBDC/2008/38
ApprovedWorks to trees covered by TPOFiled alongsidePL/21/4395/TP
2021
22 Dec
T1 hazel - tip back lateral limbs by 1m, T2 cherry - tip back lateral limbs by 2m and crown lift to 5m, T3…
This applicationRefusedTreesPL/21/4873/KA

Planning history at this site

12 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Chiltern South Bucks

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