Paxton Cottage Upper Icknield Way Whiteleaf Buckinghamshire HP27 0LL Data via plota.co.uk

PL/26/03874/TP - Works to trees covered by TPO Decided
Listed buildingsTrees & landscaping

Proposal

Pollarding to approximately 4.8m of 1x Yew (existing height 9.6m) to protect the rear thatch, garden and grounds of Paxton Cottage, a Grade II Listed Building. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
15 May 2026
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Consultation
20 May 2026
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Trees Allowed In Part
10 Jul 2026

Trees Allowed In Part on 10 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 3 Aug 2026

Documents 3

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF CASE OFFICER REPORT DELEGATED Case Officer Report · 10 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF DECISION Decision Notice · 10 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

IMG YEW TREE PHOTOGRAPH Additional Information · 15 May 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 12

Grade II listed: Paxtons Cottage
List entry 1332056 · 2 m away · 7 more listed buildings within 150 m (3 Grade II)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Green belt: London
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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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.
Whiteleaf conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
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.
Local nature reserve 151 m away: Whiteleaf Hill
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Protected tree 10 m away: Yew
Named in a tree preservation order: work to it, its roots included, needs the council's consent first.
Root protection areas reach up to 15 m from a large tree, so an extension or new foundations this close usually needs a tree survey. Only some councils publish their single trees, and a position can be approximate: the order at the council is the definitive record, and no tree shown is not proof there is none.
Tree record ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Scheduled monument 240 m away: A bowl barrow on Whiteleaf Hill, 200m north of Whiteleaf Cross; Inside the Askett and Whiteleaf 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

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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.

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Important details

Council
Buckinghamshire
Application type
Works to trees covered by TPO
Postcode
HP27 0LL
Received
15 May 2026
Validated
15 May 2026
Ward
Princes Risborough
Parish
Princes Risborough
Case officer
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Target decision
10 Jul 2026
Decision
Trees Allowed In Part
Decision date
10 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 3 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
20 May 2026
Comments by
10 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
10 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

2 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025
Triscombe 4 Whiteleaf Way Whiteleaf Buckinghamshire HP27 0LN
Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed Demolition of existing porch and replacement with…
PL/25/6718/SA
2025 Refused
Huntington House Upper Icknield Way Whiteleaf Buckinghamshire HP27 0LL
Tree works as per schedule
PL/25/3445/KA
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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