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Rutherford House Marple Lane Chalfont St Peter Buckinghamshire

PL/22/2934/TPWorks to trees covered by TPOApproved

Approved on 20 October 2022

Council decision: Conditional permissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

T1 Atlantic cedar - reduce lowest longest laterals by approx. 1m, leaving 4m; T2 copper beech - reduce lowest lateral over parking area by approx 2m, G3 yew - sever ivy for further inspection; T4 sycamore - crown lift over path by 2m; T5 sycamore - crown lift over path by 2m; T6 redwood - fell to ground level; T7 sycamore - remove ivy to re-inspect; T8 2x yew - crown lift to give 1.5m clearance from properties; T11 laurel - crown lift to give a 1.5m clearance from properties; T15 yew - tip reduce lateral limb from over car park by 1.5m, to allow for car clearance; T16 horse chestnut- crown lift by 2m over path; T17 horse chestnut - crown lift 2m over path and by 5.3m over the road to allow for clearance. (Chiltern TPO/1974/003)

Received
16 August 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Chiltern South Bucks
Ward
Chalfont St Peter
Agent
R Watts & Sons Ltd
  1. Received16 Aug
  2. Validated16 Aug
  3. Consult.14 Sep
  4. Target11 Oct
  5. Decided20 Oct

Decided in 65 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Rutherford House Marple Lane Chalfont St Peter Buckinghamshire. Chiltern South Bucks has handled 1,703 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 9 days longer than Chiltern South Bucks's typical decision time. There have been 3 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
Chalfont St Peter

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 August 2022
Consultation expiry
22 September 2022
Consultation start
24 August 2022
Consultation end
14 September 2022
Neighbour consultation start
24 August 2022
Neighbour consultation end
14 September 2022
Last date for comments
22 September 2022
Target decision date
11 October 2022

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
1 September 2022
Site notice end
22 September 2022

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Article 4 direction: Whole District excluding the Town of Chesham - Poultry production.
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO/1974/003
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    30 Oct

    T1 sycamore - sectional fell (TPO/1974/003

    ApprovedWorks to trees covered by TPOPL/23/3497/TP

Source: Chiltern South Bucks

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