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38 Shenley Road, Shenley Church End, Milton Keynes, MK5 6AB

PLN/2026/1400Notification of proposed works to trees protected by a Tree Preservation OrderRefused
Prior approval

Refused

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

The crown raise via removal of lowest 3 or 4 rings of branches to raise canopy by 2-2.5m at trunk (from 3.4m high on trunk to 5.4-5.9m), root prune by up to 2m of roots found under lifted block paving, and removal of dead wood of Pine, and crown lift by 2m over driveway and removal of crossing branches up to 15cm diameter and deadwood of Silver Birch protected by Milton Keynes Council Tree Preservation Order no. PS/540/15/341

Received
2 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Watling
  1. Received2 Jul
  2. Validated27 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a tree application at 38 SHENLEY ROAD, SHENLEY CHURCH END, MILTON KEYNES, MK5 6AB. Milton Keynes has handled 254 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 2 July 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Shenley Church End conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Watling. We hold 399 applications in total for the MK5 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
MK5 6AB
Application type
Notification of proposed works to trees protected by a Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shenley Church End

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 July 2026
Application expires
21 September 2026

Planning decision

Decision
Refused
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15052962
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: 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.

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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