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War Memorial Hall High Street Downley Buckinghamshire HP13 5XJ

23/08163/TPOConsent under Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 14 March 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Raise underside by 0.75 metres to provide head clearance for pedestrians and reduce overhang by 0.5 metres x 1 Yew (E) and cut back overhanging branches by 2.5 metres to mitigate aerial vermin access (Glis Glis) to hall premises and prevent damage to slate roofs/ brickwork to hall and to provide sufficient clearance to buildings x 4 Yew (A - D)

Received
25 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Wycombe
Ward
Former Downley
  1. Received25 Dec
  2. Validated17 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Mar
  5. Decided14 Mar

Decided in 57 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at War Memorial Hall High Street Downley Buckinghamshire HP13 5XJ. Wycombe has handled 1,805 applications of this type. This one was decided in 80 days, 2 weeks longer than Wycombe's typical decision time. The site is in the Downley Common conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,292 applications in total for the HP13 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
HP13 5XJ
Application type
Consent under Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Downley Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 January 2024
Target decision date
13 March 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12695047
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Downley Common
  • Article 4 direction: Former Wycombe Rural District - Poultry Production
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2023
    25 Dec

    Raise underside by 0.75 metres to provide head clearance for pedestrians and reduce overhang by 0.5 metres x…

    This applicationApprovedTrees23/08163/TPO
  2. 2023
    25 Dec

    Cut back overhanging branches by 2.5 metres to boundary to mitigate aerial vermin access (Glis Glis) to hall…

    ApprovedTree Works in Conservation AreaFiled alongside24/05013/CTREE

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