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Copper Gables Abney Court Drive Bourne End Buckinghamshire SL8 5DL

23/06746/CTREETree Works in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 1 September 2023

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Reduce height to old points and trim on garden side x 1 Leyandii hedge (T1), crown reduction by approx 2m in height and spread x 1 Acer (T2), crown reduction by approx 2m in height to Silver Birch (T3) and Sorbus (T4), crown reduction by approx 1m in height x 1 Cherry tree (T5), remove x 1 Magnolia (T6) and crown reduction by approx 4m to reduce height and width x 1 Yew (T7).

Received
10 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Wycombe
Ward
Former The Wooburns, Bourne End & Hedsor
  1. Received10 Jul
  2. Validated19 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Aug
  5. Decided1 Sep

Decided in 44 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Copper Gables Abney Court Drive Bourne End Buckinghamshire SL8 5DL. Wycombe has handled 1,805 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 10 days quicker than Wycombe's typical decision time. The site is in the Hedsor Road and Riversdale conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 584 applications in total for the SL8 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
SL8 5DL
Application type
Tree Works in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wooburn And Bourne End Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 July 2023
Target decision date
30 August 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12302217
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Hedsor Road and RiversdalePart of the site
  • Article 4 direction: Former Wycombe Rural District - Poultry Production
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 04/1981Part of the site
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

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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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Source: Wycombe

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