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21 Mountain Ash Marlow Bottom Buckinghamshire SL7 3PB

23/06527/TPOConsent under Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 4 September 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Reduce by up to 5m of regrowth only, back to suitable growth points ensuring that historic pruning points and knuckles are retained x 1 Ash (T1), Reduce crown by approximately 8 metres in height of the taller stems to stabilise compromised structural integrity of hollowing main stem, reduction of remaining smaller stems by 2.5 metres to maintain a balanced crown formation whilst retaining as much photosynthetic producing material to aid with wound wood response x 1 Ash (T2), Reduce height and lateral spread by approx of 2-3 metres in height & 2-3 metres of lateral spread effectively making a communal crown profile to lessen dynamic loading from new wind forces x 1 Ash (T3) and prune back from house side and neighbouring house back to points of previous pruning approx 2 metres, raise low branches over road and garden to contain tree x 1 Oak (T5).

Received
13 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Wycombe
Ward
Former Chiltern Villages
  1. Received13 Jun
  2. Validated7 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 Sep
  5. Decided4 Sep

Decided in 59 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at 21 Mountain Ash Marlow Bottom Buckinghamshire SL7 3PB. Wycombe has handled 1,805 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 3 weeks longer than Wycombe's typical decision time. There have been 6 other applications at this address. We hold 2,772 applications in total for the SL7 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
SL7 3PB
Application type
Consent under Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Marlow Bottom Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 July 2023
Target decision date
1 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Unit 5, The Beeches Stoke Row Stoke Row Henley-on-Thames RG9 5RB United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12235029
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Former Wycombe Rural District - Poultry Production
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 18/1987Part of the site · +7 more
  • Green belt: BuckinghamshireNext to the site
  • National Landscape (AONB): Chilterns
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, 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

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    9 Oct

    Section dismantle tree to near ground level as has cavity formation within stem and less than 30% sound…

    ApprovedConsent under Tree Preservation Order24/07431/TPO
  2. 2023
    16 Mar

    Remove to 2 metres above ground level due to presence of fungal fruiting bodies and economic viability x 3…

    RefusedConsent under Tree Preservation Order23/05750/TPO
  3. 2022
    21 Jan

    Reduce approximately 2 - 2.5 meters of lateral growth to Ash (T4) to reduce likelihood of failure

    ApprovedConsent under Tree Preservation Order22/05157/TPO
  4. 2014
    10 Nov

    Crown reduce height by approximately 2 to 2.5 metres and spread to all sides by approximately 2 metres back…

    ApprovedConsent under Tree Preservation Order14/07903/TPO
  5. 2013
    23 Nov

    Proposal to fell to a height of 2.5-3m (maintaining a residual habitat for wildlife) 1 x Ash Tree (T3), 1 x…

    Split decision TPO ApplicationConsent under Tree Preservation Order13/07884/TPO
  6. 2010
    15 Apr

    Householder application for demolition of existing conservatory and erection of replacement single storey…

    ApprovedFull Application10/05731/FUL

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