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Stokenchurch Methodist Church The Common Stokenchurch Buckinghamshire HP14 3TZ

23/07942/CTREETree Works in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 16 January 2024

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Fell and grind due to invasive roots x 1 Elder (1), crown reduce by about 4 metres in diameter, crown lift by 1 metre and crown thin of about 20% is proposed to prevent damage to electrical pole and church building to reduce risk to electrical pole and building, remove risk to pedestrians and ensure light in the area x 1 Poplar (2), cut back from road to give 2.5m clearance, trim remainder to tidy and open up gate area x 1 Western Red Cedar (3)

Received
24 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Wycombe
Ward
Former Ridgeway West
  1. Received24 Nov
  2. Validated4 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Jan
  5. Decided16 Jan

Decided in 43 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Stokenchurch Methodist Church The Common Stokenchurch Buckinghamshire HP14 3TZ. 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 Stokenchurch conservation area, with 2 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 3TZ
Application type
Tree Works in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stokenchurch Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 December 2023
Target decision date
15 January 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12496776
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Stokenchurch
  • Article 4 direction: Former Wycombe Rural District - Poultry Production
  • National Landscape (AONB): Chilterns
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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, 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.

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Source: Wycombe

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