Pedlars Cottage Studridge Lane Speen Buckinghamshire HP27 0SA Data via plota.co.uk

PL/26/03671/KA - Works to trees in Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

Copper Beech - Modest pruning around the tree (1.5m) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

19 May 2026

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Consultation

21 May 2026

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Approved

25 Jun 2026

Approved on 25 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 2 Sept 2026

Documents 2

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION Decision Notice · 25 Jun 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

IMG WHATSAPP IMAGE 2026-05-02 AT 13.31.20 Plan · 5 May 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 10

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.

Speen 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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

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

Also on the record

3 listed buildings within 150 m; Radon affected area, class 3; Inside the Speen built-up area; Tree preservation order 27 m away; 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 · No scheduled monument at the site

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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £484,000 in August 2003. Semi-detached house, freehold.

29 August 2003£484,000

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

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Important details

Council: Buckinghamshire
Application type: Works to trees in Conservation Area
Postcode: HP27 0SA
Received: 19 May 2026
Validated: 19 May 2026
Ward: Ridgeway West
Parish: Lacey Green
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 30 Jun 2026
Decision: TPO shall not be made
Decision date: 25 Jun 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 37 days from validation, 5 days faster than Buckinghamshire's median of 42 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 91% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one37d

Council42d

UK36d

81%decided within 8 weeks

91%approved

928decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Buckinghamshire in the last twelve months, from validation. Buckinghamshire decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 2 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 21 May 2026
Comments by: 11 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry: 30 Jun 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Refused

Brambley Hedge Studridge Lane Speen Buckinghamshire HP27 0SA

7 Ash trees - Reduction in height of 4 to 5 meters

PL/25/5435/KA 22 Dec 2025

Buckinghamshire

Planning Authority Score

1.3/10

Poor

#284 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Other 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