Pennhurst Church Road Stoke Hammond Buckinghamshire MK17 9BP Data via plota.co.uk

PL/25/6047/TP Decided
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Raise lower crown to 3m height to help with vehicle access and visibility, particularly when dark, shorten x 5 lowest limbs over driveway by 2m and crown thin canopy by 10% to allow more light through x 1 Cedar (T1) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
around 16 Jan 2026
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Consultation
19 Jan 2026
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Trees Allowed In Part
10 Mar 2026

Trees Allowed In Part on 10 Mar 2026 · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 9

Stoke Hammond 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 ↗
6 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Swan Cottage, Grade II, 23 m away · 1 Grade II*, 5 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. 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.
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Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Public footpath 30 m away; National infrastructure project 310 m away: The Grand Union Canal Transfer, at pre-application; Tree preservation order 16 m away; Inside the Stoke Hammond built-up area; Open access land 37 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed.; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate 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 1

Last sold for £790,000 in August 2023. Detached house, freehold.

18 August 2023£790,000

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

Building

Floor area242 m² (2,605 sq ft)
Energy ratingF (31 out of 100), could reach D
PropertyDetached house, 6 habitable rooms
Built1950 to 1966
HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil
WallsCavity wall, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in June 2022, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Buckinghamshire
Postcode
MK17 9BP
Received
around 16 Jan 2026
Validated
16 Jan 2026
Target decision
13 Mar 2026
Decision
Trees Allowed In Part
Decision date
10 Mar 2026

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 1 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
19 Jan 2026
Comments by
9 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry
13 Mar 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Refused
Reduce in height by 2.5m and reduce side branches by 2m x 2 Silver Birch
PL/26/00316/KA
2025 Approved
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed erection of outbuilding to create office and gym
PL/25/5586/SA
2025 Refused
T1/T2 - Remove two mature Leylandii's in the rear garden. Both Leylandii have grown to an…
PL/25/3643/KA
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

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.