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Orchard Close, Clifton Road, Newton Blossomville, Bedford, MK43 8AN

PLN/2025/0302Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation areaApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 26 March 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

The reduction in height from 8m tall to approx. 5-6m tall of Cherry

Received
14 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Olney
  1. Received14 Feb
  2. Validated14 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided26 Mar

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Orchard Close, Clifton Road, Newton Blossomville, Bedford, MK43 8AN. Milton Keynes has handled 254 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Milton Keynes's typical decision time. The site is in the Newton Blossomville conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 90 applications across Olney. We hold 425 applications in total for the MK43 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
MK43 8AN
Application type
Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Clifton Reynes

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 February 2025
Application expires
28 March 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13777663
Documents
5

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: Newton Blossomville
  • Listed building: Grade II: Old Post Office Slade CottageOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Direction relating to Houses in Multiple Occupation (HIMO) - Non immediate dire…
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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: Milton Keynes

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