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The Green Elm Close Amersham Buckinghamshire

PL/25/0225/KAWorks to trees in Conservation AreaRefused

Refused on 12 March 2025

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

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

Proposal

T1 Norway maples x10 - pollard, T2 laurel and mixed hedges - cut and trim (Conservation Area: Elm Close)

Received
3 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Chiltern South Bucks
Ward
Amersham and Chesham Bois
  1. Received3 Feb
  2. Validated3 Feb
  3. Consult.4 Mar
  4. Target17 Mar
  5. Decided12 Mar

Decided in 37 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 37 days, 3 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.

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 in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Amersham

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 February 2025
Consultation expiry
4 March 2025
Consultation start
11 February 2025
Consultation end
4 March 2025
Last date for comments
4 March 2025
Target decision date
17 March 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

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.

Source: Chiltern South Bucks

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