St Peter and St Paul Church Ferry Lane Medmenham Buckinghamshire SL7 2EZ Data via plota.co.uk

PL/26/06861/KA - Works to trees in Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

Ash x2 (Trees no. 1512) - Fell. Cedar (Tree No. 1513) - Tip reduce branches on north side by a maximum approximately 3m to reduce the risk of branch failure. Norway Maple (Tree No. 1515) - Reduce northern stem to 4m above main fork. Yew (Tree No. 1516) - Prune lower branches on northeast side to give 2m clearance from church building. Holly (Tree No. 1518) - Reduce to 4m in height to create pollard effect. Holly (Tree No. 1519) - Reduce eastern fork by reducing branches by a maximum approximately 2m. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

around 11 Aug 2026

✓

Consultation

26 Aug 2026

✓

Approved

23 Sept 2026

Approved on 23 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 25 Sept 2026

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Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION Decision Notice · 23 Sept 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 9

Grade II* listed: Church of St Peter and St Paul

List entry 1310930 · 4 m away · 10 more listed buildings within 150 m (10 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.

Show the other 10 with distances

21 mTomb of Townsend Family 3 Metres to East of ChancelGrade II
35 mK6 Telephone Kiosk East of the Dog and Badger Public HouseGrade II
37 mBadger Cottage the Dog and BadgerGrade II
47 mKnoll CottageGrade II
54 mChurch CottagesGrade II
60 mGillmans CottageGrade II
71 mQuarry Cottage the Old SchoolGrade II
108 mThe Manor HouseGrade II
130 mLodge Hill CottageGrade II
138 mThe Old VicarageGrade II

Historic England ↗

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.

Medmenham 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.

Agricultural land, grade 1

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

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

Scheduled monument 129 m away: A slight univallate hillfort known as Medmenham Camp

Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.

Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.

Historic England ↗

Also on the record

Tree preservation order 22 m away; Priority habitat 33 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 25 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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 in Conservation Area
Postcode: SL7 2EZ
Received: around 11 Aug 2026
Validated: 11 Aug 2026
Ward: Chiltern Villages
Parish: Medmenham
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 22 Sept 2026
Decision: TPO shall not be made
Decision date: 23 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Pyramid Consulting

How this decision compares

Decided in 43 days from validation, about the council's usual 42 days. Approved, as 91% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one43d

Council42d

UK36d

81%decided within 8 weeks

91%approved

929decided 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 25 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 26 Aug 2026
Comments by: 16 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 22 Sept 2026
Env. assessment: No

Buckinghamshire

Planning Authority Score

1.3/10

Poor

#284 of 296 councils

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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%).

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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