Swyllmers Barn Lee Clump Road The Lee Buckinghamshire HP16 9NA Data via plota.co.uk

PL/26/02368/KA - Works to trees in Conservation Area Decided
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Fell 1 x Yew bush Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
23 Mar 2026
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Consultation
26 Mar 2026
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TPO shall not be made
28 Apr 2026

TPO shall not be made on 28 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 11 Jul 2026

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Decision & officer reports 1

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Site constraints 4

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.
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
Whole District excluding the Town of Chesham - 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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map agrees.
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.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 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
HP16 9NA
Received
23 Mar 2026
Validated
23 Mar 2026
Ward
Chesham North
Parish
The Lee
Case officer
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Target decision
4 May 2026
Decision
TPO shall not be made
Decision date
28 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
26 Mar 2026
Comments by
16 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025
Fell 1 x Acacia tree (T1)
PL/25/5037/KA
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings