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Wootton Park School Wootton Hall Park Northampton NN4 0HZ

2026/2634/TPOWorks to Trees (Preservation Order)Approved

Approved on 2 September 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

TPO 237 - T7 Horse chestnut (T642) - cut the ivy at the base TPO 237 T8 Lime (T643) - remove epicormics from the base up to the first major union to allow visibility and remove deadwood to prevent injury if it was to fail TPO 237 - G4 - (working from north to south on trees that require works) chestnut (T644)- removal of epicormics from base to 3m and remove deadwood. Lime (T646) that has previously been felled - remove epicormics. Chestnut (T649) remove epicormics from base to 3m. Lime (T653) - removal of epicormics from base to 3m and remove deadwood. Lime (T654) - removal of epicormics from base to 3m and remove deadwood. Horse chestnut (T656) - remove deadwood. Sweet chestnut (T658) - removal of epicormics from base to 3m and cut back from the fence to give a 1m clearance to prevent any future damage. Lime (T659) - removal of epicormics from base to 3m and remove deadwood TPO 237 - G5 - (working from north to south on trees that require works) - Lime (T645) - removal of epicormics from base to 3m and crown raise to 2.4m. Hawthorn (T647)- removal of epicormics from the base to the first major union and crown raise to 2.4m over the path. Ash (T648) - Clear lamp column giving a 1m clearance to allow light to the path and remove deadwood. Lime (T651) - removal of epicormics from base to 3m. Oak (T652)- Clear lamp column giving a 1m clearance and remove deadwood. Lime (T655) - removal of epicormics from base to 3m and remove deadwood. The removal of epicormics are to improve visibility for both cars and pedestrians, crown raises to allow pedestrians to walk under the trees without having to duck and deadwood removal to reduce the risk of failures on a target.

Received
29 June 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hunsbury Ward
  1. Received29 Jun
  2. Validated29 Jun
  3. Consult.26 Jul
  4. Target24 Aug
  5. Decided2 Sep

Decided in 65 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a tree application at Wootton Park School Wootton Hall Park Northampton NN4 0HZ. West Northamptonshire has handled 2,198 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 5 days quicker than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Hunsbury Ward. We hold 1,608 applications in total for the NN4 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
NN4 0HZ
Application type
Works to Trees (Preservation Order)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
East Hunsbury Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 June 2026
Last date for comments
26 July 2026
Target decision date
24 August 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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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