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52 High Street, Wootton, Northampton, NN4 6JR

WNN/2022/0316Works to Trees (Conservation Area)Approved

Approved on 13 April 2022

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 Willow (Rear Garden) - Pollard to keep the tree to a moderate size T2 Yew (Next to house) - Lift canopy to 6m from road level and make even on all sides, reduce crown by 20% so that branches are 2m away from house and remove foliage and ivy on trunk T3 Yew (Top end of driveway) - Cut back low hanging branches on left-hand side of tree (as you look towards house) and shape crown so that it is even on both sides and remove foliage and ivy on trunk T4 Yew (Entrance to driveway) - Lift canopy to 6m from road level, make canopy even on both sides, reduce crown by up to 20% and shape crown to make it balanced on both sides

Received
15 March 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Nene Valley Ward
  1. Received15 Mar
  2. Validated15 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target26 Apr
  5. Decided13 Apr

Decided in 29 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a tree application at 52 High Street, Wootton, Northampton, NN4 6JR. West Northamptonshire has handled 2,198 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 6 weeks quicker than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 81 applications across Nene Valley 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 6JR
Application type
Works to Trees (Conservation Area)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wootton Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 March 2022
Target decision date
26 April 2022

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.

  • 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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