Church Yard Swan Bottom Road The Lee Buckinghamshire

PL/25/1954/KAWorks to trees in Conservation AreaRefused

Refused on 24 July 2025

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

Proposal

T1 cypress - fell (Conservation Area: The Lee)

Received: 20 June 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Chiltern South Bucks
Ward: Chesham North

ReceivedReceived20 Jun
ValidatedValidated20 Jun
Consult.Consultation18 Jul
TargetTarget Date1 Aug
DecidedDecided24 Jul

Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Church Yard Swan Bottom Road The Lee Buckinghamshire. Chiltern South Bucks has handled 1,703 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 3 weeks quicker than Chiltern South Bucks's typical decision time. The site is in the The Lee conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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: The Lee

Planning application dates

Date validated: 20 June 2025
Consultation expiry: 18 July 2025
Consultation start: 27 June 2025
Consultation end: 18 July 2025
Last date for comments: 18 July 2025
Target decision date: 1 August 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Documents: 2

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Conservation area: The Lee
Article 4 direction: Whole District excluding the Town of Chesham - Poultry production.
Green belt: Buckinghamshire
National Landscape (AONB): Chilterns
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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, 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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© 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.

Source: Chiltern South Bucks

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