Ponds Barn 9 Princess Grove Seer Green Buckinghamshire HP9 2GN Data via plota.co.uk

PL/26/06644/TP - Works to trees covered by TPO Approved

Proposal

Pollard 1 x Sycamore tree (T1) at suitable pollard points leaving height at approximately 8-9m as it has been left with dead end stubs on some limbs where previous pruning was not done correctly and prolific re-growth from others, section fell 2 x Elm trees (T2 & T3) as they are dead in a safe and controlled manner leaving stumps as close to ground level as possible, section fell 1 x Ash tree (T4) in a safe and controlled manner leaving stump as close to ground level as possible as the top half of this tree is already fully dead and other parts around the canopy are too, crown reduce area of canopy over lawn to limit encroachment, by approximately 2m to row of Horse Chestnut, Sycamore and Walnut trees (G1) as they are now starting to encroach over the lawn too much and section fell in a safe and controlled manner leaving stumps as close to ground level as possible to 3 x Elm trees (T5, T6 & T7) as they are dead Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

18 Aug 2026

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Consultation

4 Sept 2026

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Approved

14 Oct 2026

Approved on 14 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 14 Oct 2026

Documents 7

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF CASE OFFICER REPORT DELEGATED Case Officer Report · 14 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF DECISION Decision Notice · 14 Oct 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 8

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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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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.

Tree preservation order

Consent is needed before work on protected trees.

Not every council has published its orders as open data, so no order shown is not proof there is none.

Agricultural land, grade 3a

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) 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.

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

Radon affected area, class 2; SSSI 404 m away: Hodgemoor Wood SSSI; National landscape 404 m away: Chilterns.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · 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 2

Last sold for £1,587,500 in September 2021. Other property, freehold.

More than one property is recorded at this address: HM Land Registry does not always give the flat or unit.

29 September 2021£1,587,500Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

3 November 2006£1,140,000Detached house

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

Building

Floor area249 m² (2,680 sq ft)

Energy ratingC (76 out of 100)

PropertyDetached house, 7 habitable rooms

Built2003 to 2006

HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas

WallsTimber frame, as built, insulated (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in July 2025, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council: Buckinghamshire
Application type: Works to trees covered by TPO
Postcode: HP9 2GN
Received: 18 Aug 2026
Validated: 18 Aug 2026
Ward: Chalfont St Giles and Little Chalfont
Parish: Seer Green
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 13 Oct 2026
Decision: Approved
Decision date: 14 Oct 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: JS Arborcraft Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 57 days from validation, 15 days slower than Buckinghamshire's median of 42 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 91% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one57d

Council42d

UK36d

81%decided within 8 weeks

91%approved

945decided 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 14 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 4 Sept 2026
Comments by: 25 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 13 Oct 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

6 Princess Grove Seer Green Buckinghamshire HP9 2GN

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PL/25/4006/TP 24 Sep 2025

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

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.