Merlins Cave The Green Chalfont St Giles Buckinghamshire HP8 4QF
Refused on 4 February 2025
Council decision: TPO shall not be madeDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T1 and T2 ash - reduce height and spread back to previous pruning points (Conservation Area: Chalfont St Giles)
- Received
- 30 December 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Chiltern South Bucks
- Ward
- Chalfont St Giles
- Agent
- Blue Cedar Tree Surgeons Ltd
- ReceivedReceived30 Dec
- ValidatedValidated30 Dec
- Consult.Consultation28 Jan
- TargetTarget Date10 Feb
- DecidedDecided4 Feb
Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Merlins Cave The Green Chalfont St Giles Buckinghamshire HP8 4QF. Chiltern South Bucks has handled 1,703 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than Chiltern South Bucks's typical decision time. The site is in the Chalfont St Giles conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 703 applications in total for the HP8 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
- HP8 4QF
- Application type
- Works to trees in CA
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Chalfont St Giles
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 December 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 28 January 2025
- Consultation start
- 7 January 2025
- Consultation end
- 28 January 2025
- Last date for comments
- 28 January 2025
- Target decision date
- 10 February 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Blue Cedar Tree Surgeons Ltd
- Agent address
- Warners Cottage The Steading Nutfield Marsh Road Nutfield Redhill RH1 4EU
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 3
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Chalfont St GilesPart of the site
- Article 4 direction: Whole District excluding the Town of Chesham - Poultry production.
- Green belt: BuckinghamshireNext to the site
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, tree preservation orders, 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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Source: Chiltern South Bucks
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