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Dean Cottage Speen Road North Dean Buckinghamshire HP14 4NL

23/07691/CTREETree Works in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 11 December 2023

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Reducing the height and spread of the tree by up to 1.5 metre. Lift the tree to 2 metres over the lawn. The reason for the works is to maintain the tree at an appropriate size due to it close proximity to the house x 1 Holly (T1), reduce branches growing toward the BT cable by 1 metre to provide 0.5 metre clearance from the cable x 1 Purple Leaved Plum (T2), reducing the height and spread of the tree by up to 1.5 metre. Lift the tree to 3 metres over the ground. The reason for the works is to maintain the tree at an appropriate size for its setting and allow more light to the garden below x 1 Silver Birch (T3) and reduce branches growing toward the BT cable by 1 metre to provide 0.5 metre clearance from the cable x 1 Elder (T4)

Received
27 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Wycombe
Ward
Former Ridgeway East
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated27 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Dec
  5. Decided11 Dec

Decided in 45 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Dean Cottage Speen Road North Dean Buckinghamshire HP14 4NL. Wycombe has handled 1,805 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 3 weeks quicker than Wycombe's typical decision time. The site is in the Upper North Dean conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,317 applications in total for the HP14 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
HP14 4NL
Application type
Tree Works in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hughenden Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 October 2023
Target decision date
8 December 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
1 Beech Road Thame Oxon OX9 2AL

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12561276
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Upper North DeanPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Chilton Cottage Dean CottageOn this site · +1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Former Wycombe Rural District - Poultry Production
  • Green belt: Buckinghamshire
  • National Landscape (AONB): Chilterns
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, tree preservation orders, 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.

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Source: Wycombe

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