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27 Whielden Street Amersham Buckinghamshire HP7 0HU

PL/23/0762/KAWorks to trees in Conservation AreaRefused

Refused on 13 April 2023

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T3 willow - reduce and reshape to old cuts, 4-5m reduction; T4 silver birch - reduce top growth by 4m and reshape top growth (Amersham Old Town Conservation Area)

Received
6 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Chiltern South Bucks
Ward
Former Penn Wood & Old Amersham
Agent
Fineland Forestry Limited
  1. Received6 Mar
  2. Validated6 Mar
  3. Consult.4 Apr
  4. Target17 Apr
  5. Decided13 Apr

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 27 Whielden Street Amersham Buckinghamshire HP7 0HU. Chiltern South Bucks has handled 1,703 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than Chiltern South Bucks's typical decision time. The site is in the Amersham conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 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 0HU
Application type
Works to trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Amersham

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 March 2023
Consultation expiry
4 April 2023
Consultation start
14 March 2023
Consultation end
4 April 2023
Last date for comments
4 April 2023
Target decision date
17 April 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Fineland Forestry Limited
Agent address
Bydand Hedgerow Chalfont St Peter Gerrards Cross SL9 0HD

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: 27 29, Whielden StreetOn or next to this site · +8 more
  • Article 4 direction: Whole District excluding the Town of Chesham - Poultry production.
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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.

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Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    14 Apr

    Apple (T1) - Winter prune / thin by 20% (Amersham Old Town Conservation Area) and Willow (T2) - Crown lift up…

    RefusedWorks to trees in Conservation AreaPL/26/03085/KA
  2. 2025
    20 Oct

    Apple (T1) - Winter Prune / thin by 20% (Amersham Old Town Conservation Area).

    RefusedWorks to trees in Conservation AreaPL/25/4745/KA
  3. 2024
    31 May

    T1 apple - winter prune/thin by 20% (Amersham Old Town Conservation Area)

    RefusedWorks to trees in CAPL/24/1668/KA
  4. 2019
    28 Oct

    T1 Willow - reshape to old cuts: 4 to 5m reduction. T2 Birch - reduce top growth by 4m and reshape top…

    RefusedWorks to trees in Conservation AreaPL/19/3701/KA
  5. 2014
    18 Feb

    Crown reduction of two willows and a birch within a Conservation Area.

    RefusedWorks to trees in CACH/2014/0306/KA
  6. 2009
    22 Sep

    Crown reduction of a willow and a birch within a Conservation Area

    RefusedWorks to trees in CACH/2009/1353/KA

Source: Chiltern South Bucks

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