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18 Duston Wildes Northampton NN5 6ND

2026/1758/TPOWorks to Trees (Preservation Order)Refused

Refused on 10 July 2026

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Removal of one fully mature sycamore tree due to the location of the tree on the bank is dangerous and concerns over child safety if they were to fall.

Received
27 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Duston Ward
  1. Received27 Apr
  2. Validated27 Apr
  3. Consult.25 May
  4. Target22 Jun
  5. Decided10 Jul

Decided in 74 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a tree application at 18 Duston Wildes Northampton NN5 6ND. West Northamptonshire has handled 2,198 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 4 days longer than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 48 applications across Duston Ward. We hold 788 applications in total for the NN5 postcode area.

100% of trees applications at West Northamptonshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 10 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
NN5 6ND
Application type
Works to Trees (Preservation Order)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Duston Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 April 2026
Last date for comments
25 May 2026
Target decision date
22 June 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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: West Northamptonshire

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