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Acorn Day Nursery, Shenley Road, Shenley Church End, Milton Keynes, MK5 6AB

24/01843/TCANotification of proposed works to trees in a conservation areaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 7 January 2025

Council decision: Acquired Deemed ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Cutting back side by up to 3m to provide 3m clearance from roofline of Cherry (T1), crown thinning by 20% and cutting back by up to 3m of Sycamores (G1) to give 3m clearance from building, removal of deadwood

Received
20 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Loughton & Shenley
Agent
Rockleigh Ltd
  1. Received20 Aug
  2. Validated23 Aug
  3. Consult.3 Oct
  4. Target4 Oct
  5. Decided7 Jan

Decided in 137 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Acorn Day Nursery, Shenley Road, Shenley Church End, Milton Keynes, MK5 6AB. Milton Keynes has handled 254 applications of this type. This one was decided in 140 days, 12 weeks longer than Milton Keynes's typical decision time. The site is in the Poet's Corner conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Loughton & Shenley. We hold 399 applications in total for the MK5 postcode area.

94% of trees applications at Milton Keynes City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
MK5 6AB
Application type
Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shenley Church End

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 August 2024
Consultation expiry
3 October 2024
Consultation end
3 October 2024
Target decision date
4 October 2024
Application expires
4 October 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Rockleigh Ltd
Agent address
Rockleigh 3 Winding Way THRAPSTON NN14 4NW

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice end
1 October 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13322206
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Shenley Church End
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Direction relating to Houses in Multiple Occupation (HIMO) - Immediate direction+1 more
  • 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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    2 Mar

    Proposed replacement windows (Retrospective)

    ApprovedFull planning permissionPLN/2026/0420

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