1 Hornbeam Close Frieth Buckinghamshire RG9 6RH Data via plota.co.uk

Decided 23/05847/TPO

Trees & landscaping

Appeal: Dismissed · 8 Dec 2025 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 3374208 ↗

Council

Buckinghamshire 1.3/10

Date received

around 11 Apr 2023

Date validated

11 Apr 2023

Postcode

RG9 6RH

Description

Reduce crown height by approximately 3 metres and crown spread by 4.5 metres and removal of lower limb growing towards the property to allow more light x 1 Copper Beech Data via plota.co.uk

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Last checked 14 Oct 2026, 07:03

Site constraints 10

Chilterns National Landscape

Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.

Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.

Article 4 direction

Former Wycombe Rural District - Poultry Production. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.

An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

SSSI about 104 m away: Frieth Meadows SSSI

Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.

Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.

Also on the record

Conservation area about 33 m away: Frieth; Radon affected area, class 3; 5 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Tree preservation order about 15 m away; Inside the Frieth built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 14 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £425,000 in March 2003. Terraced house, freehold.

13 March 2003£425,000New build

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area160 m² (1,722 sq ft)

Energy ratingC (70 out of 100)

PropertyEnd-terrace house, 7 habitable rooms

Built2003 to 2006

HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil

WallsCavity wall, as built, insulated (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in October 2008, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Buckinghamshire

Planning Authority Score

1.3/10

Poor

#284 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Buckinghamshire is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #280 out of 296. 55% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (86%) than the national average (90%).

Among the slowest councils in England

for householder decisions

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Buckinghamshire decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

84%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #217 of 296

86%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #241 of 296

34%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #280 of 296

55%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #248 of 296

76%

Minor dwellings approved

491 decided (1-9 homes)

82%

Major dwellings approved

71 decided (10+ homes)

82%

Change of use approved

131 decided

4,446

Total decisions

690 refused in the year to March 2026

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.