The Old Rectory Mill Lane Monks Risborough Buckinghamshire HP27 9LG

17/06156/CTREETree Works in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 7 June 2017

Council decision: Not to make a Tree Preservation OrderDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Reduce top by 5m and sides by 2m & remove crossing branches and epicormic growth to 4m toT80 (Lime), manage size of tree to prevent stems falling in adverse weather, reduce by 1.5/2m all round & remove deadwood to T714 (Horse Chestnut), remove and clear Ivy and deadwood & crown reduce by 1m to balance T290 (Sycamore), fell T793 (Sycamore), shorten low limb by 2m to clear wire & crown raise over road to T757 (Sycamore), fell T732 (Hawthorn), heavily reduce to 6m to allow to reform crown to T799 (Sycamore), remove damaged branches and deadwood to T729 (Sycamore), remove deadwood and hangers, raise to 6m over highway, shorten long branches by 2m & reduce 2 stems by garage to 3m to T810 (Sycamore)

Received: 29 April 2017
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Wycombe
Ward: Previous The Risboroughs Ward

ReceivedReceived29 Apr
ValidatedValidated29 Apr
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date10 Jun
DecidedDecided7 Jun

Decided in 39 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Old Rectory Mill Lane Monks Risborough Buckinghamshire HP27 9LG. Wycombe has handled 1,805 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 3 weeks quicker than Wycombe's typical decision time. The site is in the Monks Risborough conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 10 other applications at this address. We hold 2,241 applications in total for the HP27 postcode area.

96% of trees applications at Wycombe were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: HP27 9LG
Application type: Tree Works in Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Princes Risborough Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 29 April 2017
Target decision date: 10 June 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Grove Hill Farm Manor Road Towersey Thame Thame OX9 3QT United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-06029297
Documents: 4

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Monks Risborough
Listed building: Grade II: The Old RectoryOn this site · +1 more
Article 4 direction: Former Wycombe Rural District - Poultry Production
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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.

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Source: Wycombe

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