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Falcon Cottage Old Forge Lane Preston Capes NN11 3TD

2026/2152/TCAWorks to Trees (Conservation Area)Approved

Approved on 7 July 2026

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 Cedar of the submitted MWA Arboricultural Report. Remove (fell) to near ground level. TG1 Beech hedgerow of the submitted MWA Arboricultural Report, reduce height of all within 7.0m of the house to previous points at approx. 2.0/2.5m to restore to manageable hedgerow, and trim thereafter on an annual cycle to maintain at broadly reduced dimensions. Reduce remainder beyond 7.0m distance as future risk. Reason: Clay shrinkage subsidence damage at neighbouring property Bentree House, NN11 3TD.

Received
27 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Woodford & Weedon Ward
  1. Received27 May
  2. Validated27 May
  3. Consult.22 Jun
  4. Target8 Jul
  5. Decided7 Jul

Decided in 41 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a tree application at Falcon Cottage Old Forge Lane Preston Capes NN11 3TD. West Northamptonshire has handled 2,198 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 4 weeks quicker than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Preston Capes conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 97 applications across Woodford & Weedon Ward. We hold 1,489 applications in total for the NN11 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
NN11 3TD
Application type
Works to Trees (Conservation Area)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Preston Capes

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 May 2026
Last date for comments
22 June 2026
Target decision date
8 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mrs Jackie Gumsley Unit 8 Stephenson House Horsley Business Centre Horsley NE15 0NY

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
4

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: Preston Capes
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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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