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 Registered

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

Received
18 Aug 2026
Consultation
4 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 13 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 13 Oct 2026, from Buckinghamshire's recent tree and landscaping works. Comments are open until 25 Sept 2026.

Comment on this application ↗

Site constraints 7

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.
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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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). 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.
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
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 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

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
Target decision
13 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
JS Arborcraft Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 27 of the 56-day target. Buckinghamshire usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 56.

Day 2729 days to the 56-day target
65%decided within 8 weeks
85%approved
421decided 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 7 Sept 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
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