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3 Wild Cherry Drive Luton LU1 3UH

25/00157/TPOSWorks to protected treesRefused

Refused on 23 May 2025

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Works to Trees: T1 - Leaning Yew Tree, to reduce height by approximately 5m (50%) and shape accordingly . T2 - Yew tree close to other Yew tree, to reduce crown by approximately 4.5m (50%) and shape accordingly, to balance with larger Yew tree.

Received
11 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
FARLEY
  1. Received11 Feb
  2. Validated11 Feb
  3. Consult.25 Mar
  4. Target23 May
  5. Decided23 May

Decided in 101 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 3 Wild Cherry Drive Luton LU1 3UH. Luton has handled 65 applications of this type. This one was decided in 101 days, 6 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 43 applications across FARLEY. We hold 1,824 applications in total for the LU1 postcode area.

97% of trees applications at Luton Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The proposal as shown on document Nos. DC01 and DC02 is contrary to Policy LLP1 of the Luton Local plan 2011 -2031 insofar as the details forming the application proposal for T1 - Leaning Yew Tree, to reduce height by approximately 5m (50%) and shape accordingly. T2 - Yew tree close to other Yew tree, to reduce crown by approximately 4.5m (50%) and shape accordingly, to balance with larger Yew tree would result in works that are detrimental to the health of the trees and would result in lessening the public amenity offered by it. 23rd May 2025 INTERIM HEAD OF PLANNING See Notes For Applicants Overleaf TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (TREE PRESERVATION ORDER) REGULATIONS 1969(as amended) Continuation (Forming Part Of Application No: 25/00157/TPOS) ADVISORY: If this is your first submission for this form of development, before making your re- submission, we recommend that you seek formal pre-application advice to assist in addressing the concerns raised in the assessment of this application. Please note that any such advice may not guarantee an approval. Details of this service can be found on the planning 23rd May 2025 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (TREE PRESERVATION ORDER) REGULATIONS 1969(as amended) Continuation (Forming Part Of Application No: 25/00157/TPOS) The plans/documents which are the subject of this decision can be viewed on the on- application search. Please note that the numbers given here are used so that the Document number and number on the decision notice are compatible. They are not the plan numbers on the drawings themselves used by the Applicant/Agent. The documents are viewable on the "Documents" tab and comprise the following Luton Borough Council numbers:- 23rd May 2025 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (TREE PRESERVATION ORDER) REGULATIONS 1969(as amended) Continuation (Forming Part Of Application No: 25/00157/TPOS)

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
LU1 3UH
Application type
Works to protected trees
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 February 2025
Consultation expiry
25 March 2025
Consultation start
4 March 2025
Consultation end
25 March 2025
Last date for comments
25 March 2025
Target decision date
23 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
18 Bowland Crescent Dunstable LU6 3QD

Planning decision

Statutory period
101 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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: Luton

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