15 Meades Lane Chesham Buckinghamshire HP5 1ND Data via plota.co.uk

PL/26/05203/TP - Works to trees covered by TPO Approved

Proposal

Sycamore - Fell due to showing structural decline Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 12 Sept 2026, 13:06

Application progress

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Validated

26 Jun 2026

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Consultation

13 Jul 2026

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Received

26 Jul 2026

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Approved

19 Aug 2026

Approved on 19 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 20 Aug 2026

Documents 5

Site constraints 7

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea

High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

Flood map ↗

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

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

Also on the record

National landscape 198 m away: Chilterns; 5 listed buildings within 150 m; Conservation area 68 m away: Chesham; Inside the Chesham built-up area; Green belt 89 m away: London.

Not affected

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 covered by TPO
Postcode: HP5 1ND
Received: 26 Jul 2026
Validated: 26 Jun 2026
Ward: Chesham South
Parish: Chesham
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 21 Aug 2026
Decision: Approved
Decision date: 19 Aug 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: J&D Clark

How this decision compares

Decided in 54 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 84% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one54d

Council56d

UK36d

63%decided within 8 weeks

84%approved

440decided 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 20 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 13 Jul 2026
Comments by: 3 Aug 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

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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

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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