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Land at Lee Common Allotments / Playground Oxford Street Lee Common Buckinghamshire

PL/25/2002/HRHedgerow Removal NoticeRefused

Refused on 7 August 2025

Council decision: Hedgerow Removal Notice NOT issuedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Removal of a 23m length of hedgerow

Received
24 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Chiltern South Bucks
Ward
Chesham North
  1. Received24 Jun
  2. Validated24 Jun
  3. Consult.22 Jul
  4. Target5 Aug
  5. Decided7 Aug

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Land at Lee Common Allotments / Playground Oxford Street Lee Common Buckinghamshire. Chiltern South Bucks has handled 1,703 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 12 days quicker than Chiltern South Bucks's typical decision time. 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
Hedgerow Removal Notice
Scale / size
Small
Parish
The Lee

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 June 2025
Consultation expiry
22 July 2025
Consultation start
1 July 2025
Consultation end
22 July 2025
Last date for comments
22 July 2025
Target decision date
5 August 2025

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.

  • Listed building: Grade II: The Diamond Jubilee WellOn or next to this site
  • 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, conservation 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, 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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